A Saratoga County dairy farm is returning to normal, a year after a barn collapsed under heavy snow, killing nearly 100 cows. Our C.J. Spang has more from Northumberland.

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NORTHUMBERLAND, N.Y. -- A year ago, it was devastation. Wreckage strewn about, 95 dairy cows dead.

"We had staff here working at the time. So my first concern was for any people that were in the barn and second was the animals," said Kings Ransom Farm owner Jeff King. "After a little while, when you were able to stand back and think about what happened , it really took a toll on us emotionally."

No one was hurt when the barn collapsed and help immediately came from throughout the community.

"Honestly, we needed that help," King said. "It made all the difference for us to be able to save a lot of these animals."

There's only a little bit of rubble left from the old barn in a nearby field, overshadowed by the nearly 50,000 square foot barn rebuilt by Mennonites from Pennsylvania. Inside, about 500 cows stay sheltered from the elements.

"The better we treat our animals, the better they treat us," King said. "That's really what it's all about. So when I walk in here, I'm pretty happy with what we've got. I'm pretty happy with the environment these animals live in."

There's been more to the recovery effort than just rebuilding the barn. The King family also had to deal with a loss in milk production. Many of the cows started producing less because of the trauma they suffered when the barn collapsed. A year later, things are finally starting to return to normal.

"In the beginning, we were hoping that it would kind of be a short-term effect," King said of production loss. "As we went through the months, through summer and we realized the effect this was going to have, it's affected our cash flow quite a bit."

But with the struggles came lessons learned. King says his family found out what kind of community they live in.

"We're not just from an average city or a little town," he said. "The way people treat each other in the community we live in is unmatched. We're just so happy and fortunate to live where we live, to have the friends and neighbors we have."