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DairyNZ and the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) say the new national animal identification scheme (NAIT) is an important step forward for New Zealand agriculture. DairyNZ Chairman Hon John Luxton says it’s in the interests of dairy far...read more

A new regional approach is changing the face of DairyNZ. The industry good body has set down a key challenge for the next three years – an adoption strategy designed to bring positive change on-farm and within the dairy industry. Central to the new stra...read more

A cool cow in the summer is a happy cow, says DairyNZ animal welfare specialist Dr Adele Arnold. She says although NIWA’s seasonal climate outlook this summer predicts below average or average temperatures across the country, farmers should still be on t...read more

Achieving good standards of animal health and welfare on-farm is now even simpler, thanks to the most recent addition to the Compliance Toolkit. The DairyNZ Compliance Toolkit website is designed to help dairy farmers meet compliance requirements around ...read more

DairyNZ is holding two workshops in the new year to help Northland dairy farmers manage their way through a drier than usual summer. “Northland received only 37% of its average rainfall in October and November,” says DairyNZ regional manager Tafi Manjala...read more

DairyNZ recommends once a day (OAD) milking as a key option in managing cow demand for feed during dry summer conditions when pasture quality and quantity often limit cow performance. “Get the balance right,” says DairyNZ senior farm systems scientist D...read more

DairyNZ advises farmers to dispose of known culls early. “Feeding supplement to culls is expensive,” says DairyNZ farm systems specialist Phillipa Hedley.  “If the known culls are disposed of early the rest of the herd is fed better and all of the e...read more