Dairy farming provides substantial employment opportunities and supplementary income to the rural farmers. A study was conducted in three randomly selected districts of Haryana with sample size of 225 respondents with an objective to measure the knowledge level of farmers regarding Scientific Dairy Practices. Knowledge level was measured in six different areas – General management and housing, Nutrition and reproduction management, green fodder production, breeding man and health care management. The study revealed that average knowledge scores obtained by respondents were poor. The knowledge scores in the areas of health care management, breeding, reproduction management, nutrition, green fodder production, and general management and housing were in an ascending order. Knowledge scores were significantly associated with education, caste, occupation, size of land holding, mass media exposure and social participation. The degree of influence exerted by the different antecedent variables was uneven. Further studies to explore other correlated factors are suggested

Keyword: Dairy farming; Substantial employment; Rural farmers; Knowledge level;