I know that in the UK milk prices are hammered flat by the purchasing power of the supermarkets, dairy farmers are leaving the industry of going into value-added products like cheese and yoghurt. Basically their view is that if they can't get the milk from the UK, they buy it from europe, which is madness. keep to the Fen Causeway
Currently his business (with 85 cows) is losing money - however 2007/2008 were very good years for him, so he's not complaining too much.
An analysis by the Wagening University last month says that about 15 percent of the Dutch farmers, generally the bigger farms (80 cows or more), don't suffer. For farmers who just started, milk prices are starting to make life difficult.
