The aim of the research is to evaluate the adoption of agricultural innovations and sources of information in dairy cattle farms. The data were obtained by administering a questionnaire to 70 dairy farms in Bafra and Canik districts of Samsun. The results of the research showed that knowledge and innovations in dairy cattle farms are not sufficiently adopted and traditional methods are commonly applied. Nearly half of the dairy cattle owners (47.1%) stated that they were aware of the trainings related to dairy cattle breeding, while others did not. The most important reason for those being aware of the training programs but not participating was that they believed that they had enough information about dairy cattle with 51.5%. Other reasons were that they received information from neighboring farmers (27.3%) and did not find enough time to participate in the trainings (21.2%). The most preferred sources of information about innovations related to dairy cattle were family members (72.9%), and neighboring farmers (67.1%); and the most preferred extension method among mass media methods was television (87.1%). The applicability of agricultural knowledge and innovations transferred to dairy cattle farmers and their adoption will significantly change the understanding of production in rural society. Developing positive attitude towards knowledge and innovation will lead to the elimination of wrong practices and facilitate the transformation of dairy farms to a modern structure.