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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

Find out more

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.

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Planning

DairyBase login

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

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Business

Annual Leave Calculator

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

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People

Supplement Price Calculator

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

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Feed

DairyNZ Biosecurity Report 2022-23

An overview of dairy farmers’ contribution, the positive impacts of that investment, and DairyNZ's commitment to a changing and unpredictable biosecurity landscape.

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Biosecurity



DairyNZ QuickPlan - for dairy farm employees

This tool takes you through a three step process for strategically planning your path to success.

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Planning



DairyNZ QuickPlan - for farm owners and sharemilkers

This tool takes you through a three step process for strategically planning your path to success.

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Planning

Decision Tree Farm Owners

Investigate different structures using this Decision Tree to determine which best suits your needs and aspirations.

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Business

Decision Triggers For Using Off Paddock Facilities During Autumn And Spring

Trials have established that restricting the time cows spend grazing on wet soils in spring and autumn will reduce N leaching and pugging damage.

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Environment

Decision making matrix

The following tool is a useful technique for comparing options, of either a personal or business nature.

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Business

Description of Method to Estimate Reliability

Research paper for the method developed for calculating approximate reliability for national systems of evaluation.

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Breeding decisions

Developing Infomation Herds Report

A business case for developing information herds within the resilient dairy programme to increase genetic gain through the use of genomic technology.

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Breeding decisions

Development of a Water Quality Modelling Framework for the Waituna Catchment - Deltares 2014

This report describes the setup of the hydrological and water quality model framework to the Waituna catchment.

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Environment

Diffuse-source agricultural sediment and nutrient attenuation by constructed wetlands

A systematic review of scientific literature to collate performance data and identify how contaminant attenuation efficacy is affected by design, climate and landscape.

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Environment

Diy Irrigation Evaluation Guide

Farmer workbook for checking the performance of spray irrigation systems.

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Environment

Does Once-a-Day (OAD) Milking Improve Animal Welfare?

Proceedings of The Once-a-Day Milking Conference.

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Milking

Drafting system components

Descriptions of the components of an automated drafting system.

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Milking

Drains (Waterway Technote)

Drains include natural or artificial channels to lower the water table and/or reduce surface flood risk.

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Environment

Economics of Reproductive Performance Print Version

Compare your level of overall performance to targets and estimates the scope for increasing opertaing profit through improved reproductive performance.

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Breeding decisions

Economics of Reproductive Performance Tool

Compare your level of overall performance to targets and estimates the scope for increasing opertaing profit through improved reproductive performance.

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Breeding decisions

Effect of Nutrition on Once-a-Day (OAD) Milking

Proceedings of The Once-a-Day Milking Conference.

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Milking

Effect of an extended missed milking intervals

The objective of the study was to determine whether lactation could be re-initiated after several days without milking.

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Milking

Effect of pre-graze mowing on cow and pasture performance

Scientific paper on effect of pre-graze mowing at different pre-graze masses on cow and pasture performance

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Feed

Efficiency Calculator - Herringbone and Rotary

If you're considering replacing or making major upgrades to your dairy, use this calculator to help you evaluate the size and type of dairy you need.

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Environment

Effluent Application Depth Testing Calculator

Use this calculator to measure the depth of effluent applied from a variety of effluent systems.

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Environment

Effluent Irrigator Run Sheet

This effluent tool is designed to take some of the headache out of training staff and managing your effluent system.

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Environment



Effluent Management Plan Poster

This effluent tool is designed to take some of the headache out of training staff and managing your effluent system.

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Environment

Effluent Storage: Working Volume calculator

Use this calculator to calculate the dimensions and working volume of your effluent pond or tank.

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Environment