DairyNZ News
The latest DairyNZ news, articles and project updates
Total results 195
Total results 195

New Zealand dairy farmers are achieving more with fewer cows, shown through record milk production per cow and continued genetic progress.
27 Nov 2025
•3 min read

New Zealand dairy farmers are achieving more with fewer cows, shown through record milk production per cow and continued genetic progress.
27 Nov 2025
•3 min read

New Zealand Animal Evaluation has completed its annual update of Economic Values (EVs) as part of the December 2025 Animal Evaluation run.
26 Nov 2025
•2 min read

New Zealand Animal Evaluation has completed its annual update of Economic Values (EVs) as part of the December 2025 Animal Evaluation run.
26 Nov 2025
•2 min read

In the December Animal Evaluation (AE) run, NZ Animal Evaluation (a DairyNZ subsidiary) will introduce three key updates that may lead to some re-ranking of bulls.
24 Nov 2025
•2 min read

In the December Animal Evaluation (AE) run, NZ Animal Evaluation (a DairyNZ subsidiary) will introduce three key updates that may lead to some re-ranking of bulls.
24 Nov 2025
•2 min read

The strength of New Zealand dairy farming is in making the most of pasture grown on farm. Refocusing on the basics, measuring covers, tracking leaf emergence, and using this to set rotation lengths, helps get the best from pasture.
24 Nov 2025
•2 min read

The strength of New Zealand dairy farming is in making the most of pasture grown on farm. Refocusing on the basics, measuring covers, tracking leaf emergence, and using this to set rotation lengths, helps get the best from pasture.
24 Nov 2025
•2 min read

Brendan Attrill works on the health of interpersonal relationships, biodiversity and climate responses on his award-winning Taranaki farm.
18 Nov 2025
•5 min read

Brendan Attrill works on the health of interpersonal relationships, biodiversity and climate responses on his award-winning Taranaki farm.
18 Nov 2025
•5 min read

New Zealand’s wild weather is unpredictable, but one thing is certain — there will be more of it.
17 Nov 2025
•3 min read
17 Nov 2025
•3 min read

For over a decade, DairyNZ has invested science, policy and farm system expertise into Waikato Plan Change 1 – helping to create practical, fair rules for farmers.
5 Nov 2025
•3 min read

For over a decade, DairyNZ has invested science, policy and farm system expertise into Waikato Plan Change 1 – helping to create practical, fair rules for farmers.
5 Nov 2025
•3 min read

As part of its ongoing advocacy work, DairyNZ engages in cross-party discussions with ministers and MPs, and in policy discussions with key government departments on crucial issues like freshwater, climate and sector stability.
5 Nov 2025
•2 min read

As part of its ongoing advocacy work, DairyNZ engages in cross-party discussions with ministers and MPs, and in policy discussions with key government departments on crucial issues like freshwater, climate and sector stability.
5 Nov 2025
•2 min read

The key to sustaining profitability and competitiveness lies in productivity – choosing the right inputs, adopting new technologies, and adapting sustainable practices without compromising production.
3 Nov 2025
•2 min read

The key to sustaining profitability and competitiveness lies in productivity – choosing the right inputs, adopting new technologies, and adapting sustainable practices without compromising production.
3 Nov 2025
•2 min read

Lye Farm, one of DairyNZ’s research farms near Hamilton, uses purpose-built facilities, specialised feeding equipment, and trained cows. These facilities enable trials of new approaches under pasture-based farming conditions typical of New Zealand.
3 Nov 2025
•4 min read

Lye Farm, one of DairyNZ’s research farms near Hamilton, uses purpose-built facilities, specialised feeding equipment, and trained cows. These facilities enable trials of new approaches under pasture-based farming conditions typical of New Zealand.
3 Nov 2025
•4 min read
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