Dairy farm profitability with Brad Guse

Dairy farm profitability with Brad Guse

Author: Progressive Dairy editors October 21, 2025 Duration: 45:03

Brad Guse from BMO returns to the Progressive Dairy Podcast to discuss various financial topics ranging from the key aspects of a risk management plan to economics of diversification, profitability strategies, what to expect from interest rates and much more. 

Episode overview:

  • [~1:10] Guse’s background/career
  • [~1:35] What is going well on dairy farms and where many are struggling 
  • [~2:55] Economics of diversification
  • [~4:50] Favorite ag lending school terms, including what “earns and turns” means for small and large operations
  • [~9:15] Expansion considerations
  • [~12:35] Key aspects of a risk management plan
  • [~14:15] Advisory teams
  • [~19:00] Other profitability strategies
  • [~23:35] Interest rates
  • [~25:40] What happened this past year that Guse didn’t expect 
  • [~27:10] What keeps an ag banker up at night right now
  • [~32:25] What Guse is excited about
  • [~38:00] Rapid-fire questions

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