USDEC Director of Global Trade Analysis William Loux offered his market analysis to hundreds of dairy farmers attending the MILK business conference. 

China's retaliatory tariffs have contributed to a 47% drop in U.S. dairy exports to China over a 12-month period.  

The USDEC president and CEO says the U.S. dairy industry is in the export business "to stay and to win."  

In the short term, fewer pigs mean less demand for pig feed and the U.S. whey products that fortify that feed. But USDEC sees longer-term opportunities. 

China waives a retaliatory tariff on U.S. permeate for feed, illustrating how addressing global problems can benefit our dairy farmers.

Strategy: Play the long game in markets with high upside, seize opportunities when playing fields leveled by U.S. trade policy.

The U.S. dairy industry is competing to win market share in China and Japan, countries with growing demand for dairy, projected to continue for years to come .

Meetings in Beijing encourage collaborative partnerships even as retaliatory tariffs take a toll on U.S. dairy exports.       

Student competition in China serves as high-visibility platform to reinforce U.S. dairy ingredient innovation potential.

The equivalent of one day of total U.S. milk production per month now goes to Southeast Asia.

Chinese importers want to mitigate supply-chain risk by adding more U.S. dairy products, but tariffs make that strategy too expensive.

Dairy business relationships continue as the U.S. and Chinese governments hold high-stakes talks about tariffs and trade. 

The head of DMI's board explains the checkoff's commitment to grow dairy exports, how it benefits farmer-funders and what's happening to increase ROI.

As Congress prepares to review a new trade agreement replacing NAFTA, the U.S. dairy industry remains wary that a Canadian protectionist pricing policy could return under another name. 

Dairy's coast-to-coast economic ripple effect generates jobs in other industries and tax revenue in every state.  

With milk prices low, this has been a challenging year for dairy farmers. But these four see better days ahead with the continued support of USDEC's strategy to grow exports.   

Four farmers on a week-long trip to Japan and Hong Kong will be ambassadors of U.S. dairy's commitment to consistently supply high-quality exports to Asia.  

The world needs U.S. dairy and we need the world to export more of our abundant milk, award-winning products and high-quality ingredients. 

A country with 1.4 billion mouths to feed is on a trajectory to become the world's No. 1 cheese importer, presenting a huge opportunity for U.S. dairy exporters. 

U.S. exports were a record 16.8 percent of milk solids for the first half of 2018. But the industry has "deep concerns" about the impact of tariffs moving forward.