Spring Survival Guide

The Spring Survival Guide is designed to help you get through the physically and mentally
challenging time of calving.

Resources
Booklet: Spring Survival Guide
Information Sheet: Get pumping this spring!  View PDF (359kb) Strategies to manage low pasture cover at calving  View PDF (866kb)
Seasonal Diary: Calving until mating
Tools: Spring Rotation Planner Calculators
FarmFacts: 1-12 Spring Rotation Planner - Principles  View PDF (40kb) 1-13a Using the Spring Rotation Planner - How to calculate area grazed  View PDF (51kb) 1-13b Using the Spring Rotation Planner - How to Allocate Feed  View PDF (53kb) 1-36 Strategies to manage low pasture cover at calving  View PDF (135kb)
Related Pages: Strategies to manage low pasture cover at calving

The aim of the Spring Survival Guide is to provide you with practical tools, tips and information on to how to optimise spring and make life easier.

• To view the Spring Survival Guide click here
• To order your own copy of the Spring Survival Guide click here
• To download the information sheet "Get pumping this spring!" click here

Looking for more information?

For farmers wanting to find out more about how to manage springtime on their farm, the guide lists plenty of other resources, some of which are shown at the right of this page. 

You could also contact:

• Your local DairyNZ Consulting Officer
• The DairyNZ Farmer Information Service: 0800 4 DairyNZ (0800 4 324 7969)
• The Rural Support Trust in your area.