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Klaas van der Horst

Market Reporter Dairy

Klaas van der Horst is a senior agriculture and market analyst at DCA Market Intelligence, specializing in global dairy markets and Dutch politics. With extensive experience in the dairy market and supply chain dynamics, Klaas provides farmers, producers and traders with data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making.

His research covers production data, commodity pricing, trade flows and market regulations, offering a comprehensive view of the factors shaping the international dairy industry. Klaas’s work reflects his ability to translate complex market data into clear market insights and analysis.

Committed to bridging analysis and practical insights, Klaas helps stakeholders anticipate market shifts and make informed decisions in an ever-changing dairy landscape.

Explore Klaas’s latest reports and insights, or connect with him on LinkedIn for updates on the global dairy market.


Latest insights

Analysis|Published: Nov 6, 2025

Better protein price gives dairy market a friendlier face

The dairy market shows a clearly friendlier face this week than in previous weeks. The increases dominate. The main cause is that especially the protein-rich products are somewhat better demanded. Meanwhile, the fat remains weakly priced. The prices of cream and butter decreased, as did the price of whole milk powder.

Analysis|Published: Nov 5, 2025

Cefetra once again for sale: turnaround is needed

Rotterdam trading company Cefetra, which has once again been put on display by BayWa after the sale to the First Dutch Group failed, needs a decent turnaround, just like the parent company.

News|Published: Nov 5, 2025

Cono lowers October price slightly below average

Cono Kaasmakers lowers the milk price for October, in line with what the rest of the Dutch dairy sector is doing. However, the producer of Beemster cheese lowers it less than the average over the past month. Cono is making up some of the deficit.

News|Published: Nov 3, 2025

Not all dairy farms are aflatoxin-free yet

Of the approximately 500 dairy farms that came under supervision last week because they had received contaminated feed with aflatoxin, several dozen have still not been released. This is reported by various parties in the feed and dairy industry. The expectation last week was that everyone would have new feed within a week and hopefully be allowed to supply milk again.

News|Published: Nov 3, 2025

A-ware follows FrieslandCampina with a price reduction

Dairy company Royal A-ware lowers the conventional milk price for November just like FrieslandCampina with a significant step, and goes even further. One milk stream is excluded from this. That is the organic milk. It increases by €1.00 per 100 kilos.

News|Published: Nov 3, 2025

British milk production reaches 13 billion liters, prices are falling

The British milk production is expected to reach a record of nearly 13 billion liters this year, according to the industry organization AHDB. Milk production is abundant, but even in the United Kingdom, the milk prices are now being lowered, as it turns out.

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