Fewer cows are producing more and better milk than decades ago. However, Wilson said Western Europe's food production is declining. The region will decrease milk production 10 percent to 15 percent in the next decade. In 2030, we will have to double our food production, and there are already 82 starving countries. It's important we keep getting better.
Someone has to pick up the slack.
No one is in a better position than the U.S. farmer. It's the pot at the end of the rainbow. Wilson doesn't foresee any major restructuring of the five remaining insemination groups, but the company's international friends will become more important. Genex has close relations with similar organizations in Holland, Italy and France. You try to find people with similar philosophies.