Yes. Some of the concerns/issues were addressed on the latest build (0.3.1.2). I did some modifications to contracts and you can use them to stabilize the company on early game.
Milk farm will come in handy later on since milk will expire. without a permanent milk person, your stock will plummet to 0.
Procurement has a logic to reduce the price based on the skill. i think its not working. let me check that