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A range of tools and support on offer to help you understand and analyse your business.

  • Farm Gauge

    Take the Farm Gauge assessment to find out where time and resources are best invested in your farm business.

  • Assessing your current situation

    Where are you now? Taking the time to assess your farm business will help identify opportunities to make your business more profitable, efficient, and enjoyable.

  • DairyBase

    Understand your farm system and its performance by comparing KPIs (key performance indicators) to determine what's working well, then identifying improvement opportunities.

  • Top budget case studies

    How are top operators spending their money? Check out in-depth budgets from a number of top performing farms to help you identify opportunities.

  • Review Your Business

    Gain confidence in your business decisions by understanding where you are now and where you are headed.

  • 10-year equity forecast tool

    Determine your dairy farm business’s equity position over a 10-year period. Are you on track?

  • Opportunity calculators

    Are you considering a variable order sharemilking position? Try our handy calculators, developed to help you assess these opportunities.

  • DairyBase benchmarking
    DairyBase regional benchmarks

    DairyNZ’s DairyBase has collated provisional farm data showing comparisons between seasons and information for top performing farms.

  • Economic Survey

    The DairyNZ Economic Survey is a reference compilation of dairy farmers' key financial data.

  • LUDF Profit and analysis and comparison

    Each July Lincoln University Demonstration Farm (LUDF) provide a year-end profitability comparison with seven Canterbury farms. Try this alternative data for benchmarking figures.

  • Dairy Statistics

    New Zealand Dairy Statistics is a report that shows historical information up to and including the 2015-16 season.

  • Video: Calculating Return on Asset

    Understand the Return on Asset (RoA) calculation and how a dairy farm business can use the RoA equation for decision making.

Business tools, support and learning resources

Some accounting software:

Benchmarking - Key Drivers for Successful Dairy Businesses

By Matthew Newman, Economist, DairyNZ and Jeremy Savage, Consultant, Macfarlane Rural Business here

Budgeting tools

 Take control with these simple budget templates and guides from quick cash, annual and personal budgets, to sharemilking opportunity calculators and a balance sheet.
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