Relive the energy and insights from the 2025 Precision Dairy Farming Conference. Hear experts reflect on key ideas shaping the future of dairy in this first episode of our new series.

We use our credible science and research to advocate for evidence-based policy-making, to support our farmers on the issues that matter most. This is an important part of our work at DairyNZ to ensure dairy farmer voices are heard.

Waterbodies and wetlands are essential but sensitive ecosystems. Learn how to protect and enhance them on your farm.

Big ideas, global experts, and practical tools for your farm. Hear why the Precision Dairy Conference is a must for farmers who want to stay ahead.

What’s going to improve our water quality and keep enabling productivity? Johan van Ras, Ron Pellow and Justin Kitto share proven solutions from the Sustainable Catchments programme and how you can apply these on your farm.

Give calves the best possible start to set them up for a long, productive life. Maintain routine hygiene and health practices from birth, such as regularly cleaning feeders, limiting movements between pens, and following a vaccination plan.

Spring management focuses on the critical period from calving through to your balance date when feed supply meets demand.

More farmers are using wearables for heat detection and to ease pressure on skilled people at mating time. But do they lift repro results? Hear what the research says in this episode with DairyNZ’s Paul Edwards and CowSmart vet Line Ferriman.

A DairyNZ study investigated hyperketonaemia in grazing cows and determined that elevated blood beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) concentrations were not always associated with poor reproductive performance under a pasture-based diet.

The Emissions and Profitability Project is a study aimed at better understanding the relationships between physical farm performance measures and profitability, with a focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.