Priority 1: BOP farms thrive now and are equipped for business development for future changing contexts 

What does good look like?

By 2020 

• Farmers understand what it will take to ensure their farm businesses are well-placed to endure
• Farmers are actively experimenting with variations to their plans for their farm businesses 

By 2030 

• Farm businesses are thriving while achieving better environmental outcomes
• Farmers in BOP have a positive reputation for meeting their obligations and caring for their staff, animals and the environment  
• Farmers in BOP are well networked across, and valued by, sectors and communities

Outcome areas

• Farmers articulate their business and personal goals and actively plan to effect them

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Farmers understand the significance of ‘live’ goals in setting strategy and making their farm businesses effective and enduring.
  • Awareness + benchmarking + farm data + Farm Gauge (or WFA) leads to an awareness of opportunity for the business and critical assessment against farm goals. 

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Farmers that have done Farm Gauge are able to implement options.
  • Farmers can articulate their goals as a basis for review of systems to farm under future regulations.
  • Farmers know BEMP and can survive downturn without compromising standards on animal, people, environment.
  • Well informed, knowledgeable network of RP’s can provide good systems advice.

  Long Term 10 years

  • Revised systems implemented that deliver on sustainability and profit goals mean that dairy remains highest value land use.
  • Farmers have a pathway to achieve their goals and are confident they are getting there & it is relevant to their biophysical and regulatory context.

  Projects involved

  • Systems That Work – BOPFOD DairyBase Project
  • Financial capability
  • Farm Assessment and Planning

• Farmers explore changes to improve sustainability and all-round effectiveness

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • GHG partner farm has an effective Community of Interest and is implementing options to reduce impact on the environment.
  • BOP farmers are following the partner farms decisions and progress.
  • Language of change is routinely employed in DairyNZ interactions with farmers.

  Projects involved

  • Quality Work Environment
  • Meeting Environmental Obligations
  • Systems for the Environment
  • Systems That Work
  • Farm Assessment and Planning

• Sectors and neighbours work together

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Facilitated networks exist across communities
  • Facilitated networks exist across sectors

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  Mutual trust, transparency, and good communications between different actors support the creation, adoption and scaling-up of innovations.

  Projects involved

  • Community engagement
  • Rural Land Use
  • Design the Future

• Farmers have viable opportunities to create thriving, diverse, integrated, and flexible businesses

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Facilitated networks exist across communities
  • Facilitated networks exist across sectors
  • Farmers are engaged in social learning processes
  • BOP farmers are aware of Maori agribusinesses exploring land use change options

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Well informed and knowledgeable network of RPs can advise on integrated businesses
  • Dairy farmers are involved in civil society and cooperative initiatives
  • BOP farmers are following Maori agribusinesses exploring land use change options

  Long Term 10 years

  • Longer-term adaptive management frameworks continue to be supported
  • Economies of scope are recognised and captured

  Projects involved

  • Community engagement
  • Farm Assessment and Planning
  • Designing the future

• Unique BOP story is celebrated and leveraged

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  Farmers and dairy industry supporters develop effective relationships across sectors and the wider community

  Projects involved

  Environmental Stewardship

• BOP provides insights and learning opportunities to farmers in other regions

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Innovative entrepreneurial BOP activities help to create a new, more dynamic regional identity
  • Maori agribusiness co-innovation model is watched by NZ farmers and RPs

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Innovative entrepreneurial BOP activities are recognized by NZ farmers and RPs as helping to create a new, more dynamic regional identity
  • Maori agribusiness co-innovation model is adopted by other NZ farmers

  Long Term 10 years

  BOP land management networks are invited to share their experience in other regions

  Projects Involved

  • Design the future
  • Systems that Work
  • Maori Businesses

Priority 2 - Dairying in a better landscape

What does good look like?

By 2020

• The BOP Plan Change 9 is successfully implemented, other Plan Change processes include dairy input and collaboration with other voices, and farmers are making the required changes to meet environmental limits while maintaining viable businesses

By 2030

• Farmers in BOP have a positive reputation for meeting their obligations and caring for the environment
• Farm businesses are thriving while achieving better environmental outcomes
• Water quality is meeting community expectations.

Outcome areas

• Implementation of the Plan Change 9 process

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Farmers are confident in meeting their requirements and applying for consents under Plan Change 9
  • DairyNZ is confident that farmers understand the need for water use efficiency and how to achieve that
  • The capability and capacity of rural professionals and other service providers is sufficient to provide farmers with support in measuring water use and improving its efficiency

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Plan Change 9 is successfully implemented
  • Farmers are implementing efficient water use management techniques
  • New water use technologies are being implemented that reduce water use on farm.

  Long Term 10 years

  • Farmers are implementing efficient water use management techniques
  • New water use technologies are being implemented that reduce water use on farm

  Projects involved

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Ahead of the Game
  • BOP Focus on Dairying

  Measures and methods for evaluating

  • RC Consent data
  • Use of extension material and activities

• Progression of current and future Plan changes reflect dairy industry input and its contribution to the region

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • An efficient and effective model for representing farmers in policy development is established
  • Farmers are active and supported in Freshwater Community groups (or equivalent fora)
  • Farmers and dairy industry supporters develop effective relationships across sectors and the wider community
  • Good working relationship between DairyNZ and BOPRC
  • Industry, farmers and RC work collaboratively to ensure robust processes and information are utilised in formulation of targets, methods and rules

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Farmers are active and supported in Freshwater Community groups (or equivalent fora)
  • Good working relationship between DairyNZ and BOPRC
  • Farmers and dairy industry supporters maintain and utilise effective relationships across sectors and the wider community
  • Water quality, farm environmental and financial performance data is available and utilised for future policy decisions.

  Long Term 10 years

  • Water quality, farm environmental and financial performance data is available and utilised for future policy decisions
  • Implementation of systems and options to match or precede regulation results in progress toward meeting the established water management area targets, while maintaining viable businesses.

  Projects involved

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Ahead of the Game

• Farmers making required changes to meet environmental regulations or effective changes to meet environmental objectives and maintain or improve their viability

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Farmers understand and are working toward meeting Good Farming Practice
  • The systems’ impacts and management requirements of existing and emerging options to manage nitrate leaching and GHG have been successfully modelled on 1 BOP and 2 Waikato farms
  • Farmers, extension and rural professionals have access to regionally relevant information on the principles and options for managing the four water quality contaminants, GHGs, and for using water efficiently.

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • The potential impact of new and existing options and their interactions is clear when applied to a farm system
  • Implementation of systems and options results in progress toward meeting improved environmental outcomes, while maintaining viable businesses.

  Projects involved

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Ahead of the Game, BOP
  • BOP Focus on Dairying
  • Farm Assessment and Planning

• Providing options in areas facing plan changes

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • The systems’ impacts and management requirements of existing and emerging options to manage nitrate leaching and GHG have been successfully modelled on 2 BOP farms
  • Farmers, extension and rural professionals have access to regionally relevant information on the principles and options for managing the four water quality contaminants
  • Catchment level cooperation and landscape planning is initiated in at least one pilot catchment.

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Options developed through Forages for Reduced Nitrate Leaching can be accurately modelled in Overseer (by 2020)
  • The potential impact of new and existing options and their interactions is clear when applied to a farm system
  • The scale and cost of farm system (or land use) changes required to meet proposed water management area targets iteratively shapes the final targets and methods for meeting them.

  Long Term 10 years

  • Implementation of systems and options results in progress toward meeting the established water management area targets, while maintaining viable businesses.

  Projects involved

  • Systems for Environment
  • Systems That Work
  • Meeting Environmental Obligations

• Farmers' stories about their place in the landscape

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • The BOP general community are aware of the efforts being made by dairy farmers to improve water quality while contributing to their communities and the economy of the region

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • The BOP general community respect the efforts being made by dairy farmers to improve water quality while contributing to their communities and the economy of the region

  Long Term 10 years

  • Farmers in BOP have a firm social licence
  • Water quality expectations of the community are met
  • Dairying is a valued element of BOP tourism.

  Projects involved

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Ahead of the Game
  • Community Engagement

  Measures for evaluating

  • Public perception
  • Media analysis

Priority 3 - Thriving Maori agribusiness

What does good look like?

Oct 2018

• Project brief has been developed to expand on this theme and how outcomes will be achieved

By 2020

• Maori agribusinesses in BOP involved in co-innovation projects are sharing their experiences with the wider dairy community
• Maori dairy organisations are gathered into networks to exchange challenges and opportunities

By 2030

• As a group BOP Maori dairy entities have improved their performance compared to all farms
• Maori dairy conversions are world class and contribute to fulfilling all of the dairy industry strategy commitments
• Careers and progression for young Maori meet targets.

Outcome areas

• Maori agribusiness contributing to their people and local economy (people + business + story)

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Maori dairy organisations are gathered into networks to exchange challenges and opportunities

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Maori are sharing their experience of operating multiple enterprise businesses with other BOP land owners
  • Maori land-based businesses become more adaptable, diverse and integrated

  Long Term 10 years

  • The number of Maori employed on dairy farms has increased
  • As a group BOP Maori dairy entities have improved their performance compared to all farms

  Projects involved

  Maori investment by DairyNZ

• Maori agribusinesses are respected partners in co-innovation and effective relationship building

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Maori farms are engaged in co-innovation research, development and monitoring projects

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Maori agribusinesses connect dairy to other sectors through mana, co-governance, and inclusive leadership of their multi-enterprise operations

  Long Term 10 years

  • The number of Maori employed on dairy farms has increased
  • As a group BOP Maori dairy entities have improved their performance compared to all farms

  Projects involved

  • Systems that work

• BOP iwi are supported in exploring and implementing dairy (and other) development opportunities

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • Iwi, farmers and dairy industry supporters develop effective relationships across sectors and the wider community
  • DairyNZ understands what success (“effective land management”) means for different iwi in BOP

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  • Water quality, farm environmental and financial performance data is available and utilised for future investment decisions
  • Demo farm(s) established?
  • Maori agribusinesses demonstrate decision processes for integrating diverse land uses while operating a strong dairy business as their ‘foundation enterprise’

  Projects involved

  • Community engagement
  • Farm Assessment and Planning
  • Ahead of the Game, BOP
  • Design the Future

• Maori agribusiness governors grow in capability and confidence to engage with their businesses, the community and the dairy sector

  Short Term 1-2 Years

  • EBOP cluster group pilot supports engaged governors to grow in capability and they become advocates of such programmes
  • BOP Maori agribusiness governors aspire to be more engaged with their dairy farm businesses

  Medium Term 2-3 years

  BOP Maori agribusiness governors have developed a Farm Strategy and Farm Business plan

  Long Term 10 years

  BOP Maori agribusiness governors are confident engaging with and leading their farm businesses

  Projects Involved

  • High performing people
  • Community engagement
  • Farm assessment and planning