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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

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RAS List - August 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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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

Smartsamm Guideline 06 - Monitor and maintain machine function

Use good milking technique and a consistent routine

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 07 - Use post milking teat disinfection

Why to use post-milking teat disinfection on every teat after every milking.

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 08 - Practice good hygiene during milking

Practise good hygiene during milking

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 09 - Manage teat sores and cracks

Manage teat sores and cracks

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 10 - Rapidly find treat and record clinical cases

A guide on how to rapidly find, record and treat clinical cases in the herd

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 11 - Monitor bulk milk SCC

A guide on bulk milk sample SCC

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 12 - Use individual cow SCC for management decisions

Use individual cow SCC for management decision

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 13 - Seek professional advice if problems persist

Use individual cow SCC for management decision

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 14 - Decide dry cow management strategy

Use individual cow SCC for management decision

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 15 - Cull persistently infected cows

Culling persistently infected cows

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 16 - Dry off abruptly taking steps to reduce yield

Dry off abruptly taking steps to reduce yield

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 17 - Administer dry cow treatments as recommended

Dry off abruptly taking steps to reduce yield

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 18 - Check udders after dry off

Check udders after dry off

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 19 - Observe cows weekly

Check cows weekly

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 20 - Selling cows check withholding periods

Selling cows - check meat withholding periods

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 21 - Buying cows check mastitis records and examine udders

Buying cows - check mastitis records and examine udders

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 22 - Conduct annual mastitis control activities and review achievements

Conduct annual mastitis control activities and review achievements

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 23 - Sign on for herd testing

Sign on for herd testing

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 24 - Service teat spray units and review teat disinfectant

Service teat spray units and review teat disinfectant

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 25 - Test service and upgrade milking machines

Test, service and upgrade milking machines

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Mastitis



Smartsamm Guideline 26 - Fix areas that make udders dirty

Fix areas that make udders dirty

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Mastitis

Technical Series June 2013

Key outcomes of a DairyNZ-led research programme aiming to improve on-farm profitability and productivity using management strategies.

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Research

Technical Series April 2013

This issue of the Technical Series comprises a series of reports on a project for determining divergence in residual feed intake (RFI).

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Research

Technical Series February 2013

Dairy systems for environmental protection, more N efficient cows, pasture diversity and strategies to reduce nitrogen leaching.

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Research