Economics

Input Costs

Market Outlook

Trend Outlook

Article Originally Published in the September 21, 2026, Issue of Hoard’s Dairyman Intel

Dairy

The Margin Winds Are Shifting

Outlook

Global Trade & Supply Chain

Article Originally Published in the September 2026 Issue of Progressive Dairy Magazine

U.S. Milk Checks Face Greater Exposure to Global Dynamics

Consumer Preferences

Consumer Trends

Article Originally Published in Hoard’s Dairyman Intel

Protein Boom Has a New Playbook

Farm Management

Farm Strategy

Market Movers

The 20,000-Dairy Farm Future: Consolidation in the U.S. Dairy Industry

Quarterly Outlook

Summer Reset for Dairy Markets

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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.

<a href="mailto:blaine@terrainag.com">Email Ben</a>

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