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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 - November bull data now live

Discover NZ's top proven bulls in the November 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.

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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

Kikuyu Management Guide

How to manage Kikuyu in your farm system and maximize profitability.

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Feed

LUDF Focus Day Handout

Update on LUDG 2020/21 season to date, focus on spring feeding, milk production, and mating.

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Environment



Lameness scoring poster

A farmer's guide to lameness scoring

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Lameness

Land Management on Bay of Plenty dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Land Management on Canterbury dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Land Management on Northland dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Land Management on Otago dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Land Management on Waikato dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Leap21 Future Dairying Concepts

Overview of the two concepts that have been developed out of the Leap 21 project of how our future dairy systems could look

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Environment

Lessons from swedes disease outbreak

In 2014, dairy farmers encountered high incidences of illness and death in cattle grazing on swedes. DairyNZ scientists explain the findings.

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Feed



Letter to Contractor

Alert your contractor to on farm risks. Email or write with this example letter.

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Health and safety

Life After Farming - Rhodes Donald

A study of retired farming couples in Otago/Southland.

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Business

Life and Business Self Assessment

Work through the following 'self-assessment' form to identify your highest priority areas to work on.

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Business

Lincoln University Dairy Farm – 20 years of successful on-farm demonstration (NZIPIM)

Provides an overview, asummary of the key changes over time and how these have impacted on the farm’s profit and environmental footprint.

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Environment



Lower Cell Count and Bottom Line

Find out more about the importance of benchmarking. These "percentile" figures provide industry benchmarks.

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Mastitis



M Bovis Tag Final Report 2019

The report from the Mycoplasma bovis technical advisory group (TAG) in response to the terms of reference dated June 2019.

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Biosecurity

Macroinvertebrate action plan workshop

A report prepared by Cawthron Institute for DairyNZ.

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Environment



Maintenance register

Record completed maintenance in one place with this form

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Health and safety

Making Gains Through Research

Look at two key research programmes for reduce nitrate leaching losses by 20 percent by delivering proven and profitable pasture.

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Environment



Making The Right Decision For Cull Cows

Decision tree to help make the right decision for cull cows before transporting

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Welfare

Management Guidelines Loose Housed Soft Bedding Shelter For Wintering Dairy Cows

Minimising the moisture content of barn bedding is important both in terms of cost and animal welfare.

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Infrastructure

Management Practices for Forage Brassicas

Use this guide for the establisment, management and feeding of common brassicas, included are swedes, kale, rape, turnips and leafy turnips.

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Feed

Management guidelines for reducing nitrogen fertiliser use: an approach to reduce nitrate leaching from Dairy systems - research summary

This document summarises three trials that decreased Nitrogen (N) fertiliser inputs.

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Environment

Management of Chicory Crops

Management of Choice chicory special-purpose crop first- and second-year crop management.

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Feed