In 1968, I started as a dairy farmer with my father in a first-generation dairy farm in the Netherlands. Since then, I’ve experienced a lot of changes in my life.

Northern and Southern Hemisphere milk prices are linked Volatility of global milk prices are a fact. In this, we see a strong connection between prices in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Nobody expected the current low milk prices one year ago.

Editor’s note: The following column is a quarterly update from Global Dairy Farmers, a network of farmers, companies and universities. Contributors from this global network of experts provide Progressive Dairyman readers with a quarterly update about events affecting dairy farms around the world.

Editor’s note: The following column is a quarterly update from Global Dairy Farmers, a network of farmers, companies and universities. Contributors from this global network of experts will begin with this issue to provide Progressive Dairyman readers with a quarterly update about events affecting dairymen around the world.