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Featured · Your guide to building resilient pasture

Use our new Pasture Renewal Guide for support establishing resilient pasture through winter.

1 Jun 2026

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Featured · Your guide to building resilient pasture

Use our new Pasture Renewal Guide for support establishing resilient pasture through winter.

1 Jun 2026

Try it now

Featured apps

RAS List - June bull data now live

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

Ranking of Active Sires

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Bull Search

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Featured

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.

Tools & Apps

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

DairyNZ submission on the proposed amendment to New Zealand’s Second Emissions Reduction Plan

DairyNZ feedback on the proposed amendment to New Zealand’s Second Emissions Reduction Plan (2026-2030).

Resources

Regulations



How to use the Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator (DESC)

Step by step instructions on how to calculate effluent storage requirements.

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Effluent



DIGAD Data Standard for body condition score

A data standard that defines the requirements, processes, and procedures required for accurately recording Body Condition Score data and associated metadata, and submission of this data to the Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD) for use in animal evaluation.

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Breeding decisions



DairyBase farmer help sheet - Level 2

DairyBase farmer help sheet for Level 2 physical questionnaire

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DairyBase



DairyBase report description handbook

The DairyBase Reporting Handbook provides detailed explanations of the metrics and terminology used in DairyBase reports. It helps farmers and advisors interpret financial and physical performance data accurately to support informed decision-making and benchmarking.

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DairyBase



Return on Investment - full report

Nimmo Bell & Associates - Independent review of return on investment to New Zealand dairy farmers of the milksolids levy.

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DairyNZ Corporate



Return on Investment - summary report

Summary of an independent report by Nimmo Bell & Associates

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DairyNZ Corporate



Inside Dairy November-January 2026

This edition of Inside Dairy features the latest news, farmer-led solutions, and science-backed tools to keep pastures productive, cows comfortable, and your business profitable.

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Inside Dairy



Breeding decisions made easy

A brief guide to Breeding Worth, Breeding Values, Production Worth and Lactation Worth.

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Breeding decisions



Lameness field guide

A farmer's guide to treating lameness.

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Lameness



Preventing and managing lameness guide

A farmer's guide to managing and preventing lameness on New Zealand dairy farms.

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Lameness



Pasture Renewal Guide

Your guide to the establishment and management of productive and persistent new pastures.

Resources

Feed



DairyNZ Annual Report 2024-2025

Download the full version of the DairyNZ 2024-2025 Annual Report here.

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Annual Report



Biosecurity farm plan

Use this template to create your own farm biosecurity plan and strengthen preparedness for potential threats.

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Biosecurity



Biosecurity pre-purchase fillable checklist

A biosecurity pre-purchase checklist for guidance.

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Biosecurity



Biosecurity travel reference card

Biosecurity risk assessment that covers visiting overseas farms, what to consider before returning to New Zealand, and what to do on arrival..

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Biosecurity



Biosecurity visitor management plan

Anyone coming onto your farm may pose a risk to the health of your staff or animals and could bring weeds and pests along for the ride. To reduce this risk, it’s important to set up some simple controls.

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Biosecurity



Biosecurity visitor sign (A3 version)

Display this sign at the farm entrance to ensure visitors contact you before entering.

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Biosecurity



Biosecurity visitor sign (A4 version)

Display this sign at the farm entrance to ensure visitors contact you before entering.

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Biosecurity



Feeding Cows in Spring

This booklet contains answers to the frequently asked questions about feeding dairy cows in spring. It is a resource to help farmers make profitable and sustainable feed management decisions on pasture-based farms and has been developed within the FeedRight programme led by DairyNZ’s Dr Jane Kay.

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Feed

DairyNZ feedback on the Proposed Amendments to ACVM Regulations 2011

DairyNZ appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the review of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Regulations 2011 (ACVM).

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Regulations



DairyBase Level 1 physical questionnaire

Completion of a level one physical questionnaire is required to provide supporting information for the financial or level two physical detail analysis.

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DairyBase



Inside Dairy August-October 2025

This edition focuses on optimisation – with practical, people-focused ideas to boost on-farm productivity and sustainability.

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Inside Dairy



Submission on RMA National Direction - Freshwater

DairyNZ welcomes the opportunity to work with officials prior to the next phase of consultation, and on the broader RMA reform programme.

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Regulations