It has been 20 years since US Dairy Export Council (USDEC) was founded on the strength of a basic premise. The combination of growth, both in global population and disposable income, would fuel global dairy consumption at a faster pace than inside the US dairy market. This would create dairy opportunities for nations with the capacity and wherewithal to serve the global market.The factors seemed immutable to those dairy farm leaders, but the exact path and timeline could not be clearly identified. Consequently, a number of doubters existed then, saying global dairy prices would never rise sufficiently to pay an attractive price for US dairy farmers.