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Katie Burgess discusses simplifying dairy risk management and the tools available for dairy producers.

Today's conversation on the Uplevel Dairy podcast was captured at the Central Plains Dairy Expo in Sioux Falls, where Peggy Coffeen interviews dairy risk management advisor and economist, Katie Burgess of Ever.Ag, about making dairy risk management simpler and more accessible. Burgess shares her Wisconsin dairy farm upbringing, ag business education, and path from UW Extension into Ever.Ag, emphasizing that effective risk management doesn’t require predicting markets or mastering jargon. She explains the main dairy insurance tools, Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) and LGM Dairy, highlighting DRP’s daily availability, quarterly coverage, and fit for Class III and IV and high-component milk, versus LGM’s Thursday-only availability, Class III focus, and single- or two-month coverage, with a coming USDA change expected to allow using both in the same quarter. They discuss today’s volatility, export dependence, strong global supply, opportunities in milk and cattle values, and the farm lesson “make hay when the sun shines.” This episode is brought to you by Ever.Ag Ever.Ag partners with dairy producers to build customized risk management plans that help protect margins in any market…

People in this episode

Host: Peggy Coffeen

Guest: Katie Burgess

Topics covered

• dairy risk management
• insurance tools
• agriculture education
• market volatility
• dairy farming

Keywords

• dairy risk management
• Dairy Revenue Protection
• LGM Dairy
• agriculture
• insurance tools
• market volatility
• dairy farming

Sponsors

Ever.Ag

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ever.Ag, USDA

Places: Wisconsin, Sioux Falls

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