The farm has 299 acres with a wide variety of terrain and soil types.
All land is in mixed perennial forages that are used for haying and grazing.
Prior to 1992, the farm was a conventional, confinement feeding operation with 160 cows and three full-time employees. The Forgey's began using management-intensive grazing in April 1992 and became seasonal in December 1994 when they dried off the entire milking herd for the first time. Since 1993 they have had only one full-time employee and averaged from 91 to 132 milkers. The herd consists predominantly of Holsteins, but since 1995, the majority of sires used at River- View Farm have been New Zealand Friesians with Jerseys used for young heifers. The Forgeys use artificial insemination for six weeks on all cows before turning out a clean-up bull to breed any cows that remain open.