CASE STUDIES
This 2,800 head farm’s unabated economic loss averages $1.65 MM per year with a high of $2.36 MM and a low of $1.1 MM.
These swings from year to year, combined wth the unpredicability of weather create signficant cash flow risk for the farmer, their vendors and financing facilities.
source: St. Pierre, 2003 model shown in 2023 milk price dollars