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Understanding your farm's emissions

Community at heart for multi-tasking Kiwi dairy farmer

Setting up for summer

Tools to improve communication and save time

Our purpose

Learn more about DairyNZ’s purpose, and what progressing a positive future for New Zealand dairy farming means to us.

What's new

Looking to create a great workplace and reduce costs?

Take the Waste Hunt Challenge – a 6 step process you can work through with your team to help identify and remove waste & cost from your day-to-day operations.

Waste Hunt

Farmers share their top tips for budgeting

Farmers across the country share their advice on farming in the current economic environment, and how they are managing. 

Budgeting tips

Researching options to reduce methane emissions.

Finding new ways to help reduce on farm methane emissions while staying profitable is a priority for farmers, and for our research team. 

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Upcoming events

We’re calling on policymakers to address the challenges dairy farmers are facing. 

Dairy farmers play an important role in New Zealand communities and the economy. DairyNZ’s View from the Cowshed survey for 2023 highlights the significant impact external factors are having on farmers. 

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About us

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Years of science

We’re proud to be working alongside farmers to provide science solutions to farming challenges for more than 15 years.

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Invested

In 2021/22 DairyNZ invested $67.25m into programmes and projects that support profitable and sustainable dairy farming, and continue to progress the positive future of our sector.

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Hosted events

We host a range of tailored regional events that give farmers the opportunity to share their experiences and discuss what other farmers are dealing with.

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Regional offices

It’s important that we keep connected into regions and communities across New Zealand ensure we take a whole-system view when developing solutions for farmers.

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Tools and resources

We have a breadth of useful tools and resources available to help farmers run their business throughout the seasons. They are tried and tested and have been developed using the latest science and research.