Ben Laine
Ben Laine
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.
Latest Insights
Outlook • April 2025
Economic Sustainability of Dairy Digesters
Long-term revenue potential becomes more conservative for dairy methane digesters, requiring more careful feasibility assessments for future construction projects.
6.5 min readIn the News • April 2025
Post-Liberation, What We Know (for now)
What we know now for the agricultural industry’s new environment of reciprocal and counter-reciprocal tariffs gone into effect since April 5, 2025.
Quarterly Outlook • March 2025
Cheese Demand and Trade Uncertainty May Move Markets in 2025
Dairy markets are positioned for a moderately strong year, though twists and turns are almost certain to come.
3.5 min readSmall Adjustments Coming for Beef-on-Dairy Calf Supplies
With billions of dollars being invested in new dairy processing plants, the market needs more milk. To make it, we’ll need more dairy cows.
3 min readDoes Dairy Need New Success Benchmarks?
Milk components are overshadowing milk production as a more reliable measure of producers’ long-term success.
5 min read