Consumer Trends

Economics

Article Originally Published in the January 2026 Issue of Hoard’s Dairyman Intel

Dairy

What the 2026 Economy Means for Dairy Demand

Outlook

Market Outlook

Trend Outlook

Article Originally Published in the January 25, 2026, Issue of Hoard’s Dairyman

All Eyes on Milk Surplus in 2026 as Prices Slump

Farm Strategy

Quarterly Outlook

Beef Buoys Margins in a Flood of Milk

Consumer Preferences

Article Originally Published in the November 10, 2025, Issue of Hoard’s Dairyman Intel

Protein Demand Rises, but Will Milk Checks Follow?

Market Movers

Global Trade & Supply Chain

Can Milk Markets Slim Down?

Ben Laine is Terrain’s senior dairy analyst. His previous experience includes work as a dairy analyst for Rabobank, a senior economist covering the dairy industry at CoBank, and a commodity hedging manager and economist at Agri-Mark dairy farmer cooperative. While at Agri-Mark, he developed a tool for dairy producers to manage their milk price risk. 

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Ben Laine is Terrain’s senior dairy analyst. His previous experience includes work as a dairy analyst for Rabobank, a senior economist covering the dairy industry at CoBank, and a commodity hedging manager and economist at Agri-Mark dairy farmer cooperative. While at Agri-Mark, he developed a tool for dairy producers to manage their milk price risk.

Ben has also developed trading and risk management programs for commercial dairy commodity businesses, produced price forecasts and provided economic outlooks. His research has spanned the dairy supply chain, consumer trends, methane reduction and export markets. Ben earned his MS in resource economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Ben has also developed trading and risk management programs for commercial dairy commodity businesses, produced price forecasts and provided economic outlooks. His research has spanned the dairy supply chain, consumer trends, methane reduction and export markets. Ben earned his MS in resource economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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