With U.S. dairies again facing massive losses in equity, MPC recently asked CPDMP to once again analyze the program. Drs. Stephenson and Nicholson were able to model how the program would react to certain price "shocks," such as the rapid escalation of feed costs and the sudden loss of demand due to the world economic slowdown. Their updated analysis showed that in fact, the program would be very effective - not only in minimizing the volatility during "normal" times, but also in recovering from "shocks" like the economic slowdown much more quickly.