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&AThe metrics of “Timing yield and supply”  at California Dairies The Four Ps in finance buildingEffectiveness of planning  and forecasting in a supply-driven business My view of FP&A Development FP&A as therapist