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Featured · November-January 2026

The latest Inside Dairy is now online, with news, farmer-led solutions, and science-backed tools.

20 Oct 2025

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Featured · November-January 2026

The latest Inside Dairy is now online, with news, farmer-led solutions, and science-backed tools.

20 Oct 2025

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Featured apps

RAS List - October bull data now live

Discover NZ's top proven bulls in the October Ranking of Active Sires (RAS) list update

Ranking of Active Sires

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Bull Search

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Bull Search

Search for an individual bull or set criteria to produce a list of bulls to suit your requirements.

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Breeding decisions

Annual performance review

Template for annual performance reivews.

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Performance management

Feed budgets

Choose from a one-page Simple Feed Budget Calculator, Simple Feed Budget with Body Condition Score (BCS) Calculator, the Monthly Feed Budget, or Annual Feed Budget.

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Feed budgets

DairyNZ Econ Tracker tool

The DairyNZ Econ Tracker is an online tool that brings you economic information relevant to the New Zealand dairy sector right now.

Tools & Apps

Planning

DairyBase login

Login to your DairyBase account and access all the information you need to make confident and effective farm management decisions.

Tools & Apps

Business

Annual Leave Calculator

Use this calculator to work out annual leave entitlement for your employees.

Tools & Apps

People

Supplement Price Calculator

The supplementary feed price calculator allows you to determine how much you can pay for supplementary feed.

Tools & Apps

Feed

Create Your Values and Guiding Principles

Values are principles or standards of behaviours, your judgement of what is important in life.

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Planning



Create Your Vision Statement

A vision statement is an essential part of their success and helps to crystallise your thoughts.

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Planning

Crops In Rotation Over Five Seasons Austin Monitor Farm

A list of crops in rotation over the years for Eric and Maxine who are arable farmers from Wakanui as part of the FRNL research.

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Feed

Crops In Rotation Over Five Seasons Watson Monitor Farm

A list of crops in rotation over the years for Eric and Maxine who are arable farmers from Wakanui as part of the FRNL research.

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Feed

Crossings (Waterway Technote)

Planning the crossing type and location is important to avoid damaging waterway banks, disrupting streams and will help reduce maintenance costs.

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Environment



Cull persistently infected cows - Smartsamm Technote 15

Guide to culling persistently infected cows

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Mastitis



DIGAD Core Database Fields

List of core data fields for the Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD)

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Breeding decisions

Dairy Cow Housing Assessment

This assessment will help to identify any cow comfort issues that may impact on welfare and production.

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Infrastructure

Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator Web Version Instructions

Step by step instructions for the new online version of the DESC.

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Environment

Dairy Effluent WOF Brochure

The Dairy Effluent ‘Warrant of Fitness’ (WOF) is a voluntary programme assessing your effluent system.

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Environment

Dairy Farm Effluent Pump Hazards

Information about safety and the maintenance of pumps fixed to pontoons floating on dairy farm effluent ponds.

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Environment

Dairy Floods Checklist

This checklist contains information about preparing and responding to floods.

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Business

Dairy Herd Testing Equipment Approval Procedures and Production Data Standards

An overview of the background and rationale to the approach taken to the herd testing standards and guidelines.

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Animal



Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD) Review Summary 2012

Summary of a review carried out in 2012 on the New Zealand Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD).

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Breeding decisions



Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD) Terms Agreed

DairyNZ and LIC formal agreement setting out the terms of the transfer of the Core Database.

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Breeding decisions

Dairy Lighting

Useful information on how good lighting in the dairy is needed for safe, efficient operation and makes milking easier and more productive.

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Milking

Dairy Types Herringbone

Choosing your dairy and yard type - Herringbone daries

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Milking

Dairy Types Rotary

Choosing your dairy and yard type - Rotary daries

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Milking



Dairy cow housing guide

A good practice guide for dairy housing in New Zealand

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Infrastructure



Dairy's contribution to New Zealand's economy

Sense Partners’ analysis highlights the continuing value growth of the dairy sector and its benefits for New Zealand.

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Dairy Sector



DairyBase Level 3 physical questionnaire (2023-2024 season)

A template to record the physical data for level 3 DairyBase.

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DairyBase



DairyBase Resource checklist - Level 2

The level 2 resource list is a summary of suggested documents needed to collect the physical detail data.

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DairyBase



DairyBase data request form

To request access to DairyBase benchmarks, please complete the attached data request form and email it to info@dairybase.co.nz.

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DairyBase



DairyBase resource checklist - Level 1

A list of suggested documents to help you collect the information you need to complete the farm business description for DairyBase.

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DairyBase