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Learn to use milk price risk management

October 1, 2020

Modern milk price risk management has been around for more than 20 years. As we have seen in 2020, with the impact of COVID-19 on the dairy market, milk price volatility is not going away.


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Making sense of price risk management jargon

June 18, 2020
Brad Guse and Sam Miller
Milk prices were strong at the end of 2019, and 2020 looked like it was going to be smooth sailing. But COVID-19 changed the equation as exports declined, the dollar strengthened and – most crucially – the foodservice channel collapsed. Amid such demand destruction, prices only had one way to go – down.
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COVID-19: A hard conversation about the risk

April 7, 2020
Kevin Bernhardt
Helping my daughter, a high school senior, contemplate no school, no track, no forensics competitions, no prom and maybe no graduation ceremony due to COVID-19 is a hard conversation. As my wife and I have that tough conversation with her, I can’t help but realize that many in the dairy industry may face tough conversations as well in the year ahead.
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FMMO picture clouded by depooling

March 11, 2020
John Geuss
With the conclusion of 2019, a full-year profile of each Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) becomes clearer. One of the biggest changes in 2019 was the inclusion of California as an FMMO for a full year. California is unique in many ways, and certainly its federal order is unique to the FMMO system.
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Manage your risk: Dairy Margin Coverage sign-up is underway

July 1, 2019
U.S. dairy farmers have been struggling with suppressed milk prices for nearly four years. The first part of 2019 has been better, but improved milk prices have been overshadowed by tariff and trade issues, extremely wet weather in much of the country and the length of time milk prices have been low.
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