Collins Knoll Farm, LLC

Alan Collins
Collins Knoll Farm, LLC

Alan Collins is part owner of Collins Knoll Farm LLC, a 1,400 cow dairy farm in Sauquoit, NY. The farm has turned to the Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) program to help mitigate their risk in the dairy market.

Enrolling in the DRP program through Crop Growers gives you access to a special livestock tool where farms are able to input their milk check data and the tool helps create a basis calculation to better utilize the DRP program. Alan says, “A positive attribute of implementing DRP on my dairy operation is the ability to set specific triggers. Once a cost of production was established, the ability to use triggers ensures that our operation is capturing the high end of future markets prices and limits the downside. I particularly enjoy the text alerts for trigger changes. The convenience of trigger notifications on my phone allows me to keep moving in my daily routine. I don't have to check in repeatedly with the home computer or constantly try to remember what I chose for triggers.”