With all of the bad news and market challenges dairy farmers have been contending with during the past year, Michael Hosterman, agricultural business consultant with AgChoice Farm Credit, has a bit of positive information for producers looking to make improvements to their dairy business during 2019 and beyond.

If you are making milk these days, then you are making money. It definitely feels good for a change, and optimism that these prices may be around for a while is everywhere. So now that there is some extra cash left over in the bank account, the question is: What to do with it? The answer is: “It depends.”