# From Farm to FP&A: How California Dairies delivers 17 billion pounds of milk each year

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Podcast: [FP&A Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fp-a-today-5699991)
Published: 2026-07-05T07:02:38+00:00
Episode link: https://FPAtoday.podbean.com/e/from-farm-to-fpa-how-california-dairies-delivers-17-billion-pounds-of-milk-each-year/
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We take a deep dive into the finances behind the agricultural and food beverage sector with Brad Mooney, Director of FP&A at California Dairies. FP&A drives success at California Dairies which produces 40 percent of California’s milk (300 family-owned and operated members ship 17billion pounds of high quality milk annually) and is a manufacturer of quality butter, fluid milk products, and milk powders (including Challenge and Danish Creamery and milk powder brand, DairyAmerica). In this episode former Marine Corps turned FP&A leader Brad Mooney talks: Building the plane as we flew it building FP&A The metrics of “Timing yield and supply” at California Dairies The Four Ps in finance building Effectiveness of planning and forecasting in a supply-driven business My view of FP&A Development FP&A as therapist

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