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Search results for "Lameness identification and management"
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Treating MastitisIf you experience issues with somatic cell count, have a number of clinical cases, or rough teat conditions are persistent, professional help should be sought.
Animal•3 min read
Treating Mastitis

If you experience issues with somatic cell count, have a number of clinical cases, or rough teat conditions are persistent, professional help should be sought.
Animal•3 min read
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Bull ManagementBull management involves ensuring the right number of healthy bulls for your herd, minimising stress and reducing injury risks. A correct ratio depends on your herd's size and percentage of pregnant cows.
Animal•5 min read
Bull Management

Bull management involves ensuring the right number of healthy bulls for your herd, minimising stress and reducing injury risks. A correct ratio depends on your herd's size and percentage of pregnant cows.
Animal•5 min read
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FarmTune®Using the LEAN principle, DairyNZ developed this training programme to help enhance dairy farm management by identifying and eliminating waste, improve safety, streamline milking times, and enhance team communication and engagement.
Support•1 min read
FarmTune®

Using the LEAN principle, DairyNZ developed this training programme to help enhance dairy farm management by identifying and eliminating waste, improve safety, streamline milking times, and enhance team communication and engagement.
Support•1 min read
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Budgeting, High Input System (South Waikato)This high input, highly stocked farm, depends on effective feed monitoring, efficient effluent management and improving herd fertility for success.
Research•16 min read
Budgeting, High Input System (South Waikato)

This high input, highly stocked farm, depends on effective feed monitoring, efficient effluent management and improving herd fertility for success.
Research•16 min read
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AnimalAnimal management is a critical component of farm profitability and sustainability. From genetics to herd management and more, this section covers topics that will help guide your decisions.
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Mycoplasma bovis in New Zealand: A review of case and data managment
This review makes a total of 32 recommendations aimed at improving structures, systems, decision-making, training, levels of expertise, management and response transparency and communication.
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•Biosecurity
•Mycoplasma bovis in New Zealand: A review of case and data managment

This review makes a total of 32 recommendations aimed at improving structures, systems, decision-making, training, levels of expertise, management and response transparency and communication.
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•Biosecurity
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Preventing and managing lameness guide
A farmer's guide to managing and preventing lameness on New Zealand dairy farms.
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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
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Submission to the Environment Committee on the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill
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•Submission to the Environment Committee on the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill
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Submission to the Primary Production Committee on the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
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•Submission to the Primary Production Committee on the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
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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•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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Down CowsManaging down cows is crucial for dairy farmers. When a cow is down, it's important to promptly diagnose the cause, decide on a treatment, and follow a management plan.
Animal•6 min read
Down Cows

Managing down cows is crucial for dairy farmers. When a cow is down, it's important to promptly diagnose the cause, decide on a treatment, and follow a management plan.
Animal•6 min read
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Inside Dairy: Plan ahead for safer calvingFrom paddock choice to late pregnancy and lactation, proactive management makes all the difference to winter calving.
Inside Dairy•12 Jun 2025
Inside Dairy: Plan ahead for safer calving
From paddock choice to late pregnancy and lactation, proactive management makes all the difference to winter calving.
Inside Dairy•12 Jun 2025
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Low N SystemsThe DairyNZ-led, Low N Systems research programme investigates stacking (or combining) management strategies and mitigation technologies on dairy farms to deliver reductions in nitrate leaching of over 40%.
Research•4 min read
Low N Systems

The DairyNZ-led, Low N Systems research programme investigates stacking (or combining) management strategies and mitigation technologies on dairy farms to deliver reductions in nitrate leaching of over 40%.
Research•4 min read
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Herringbone routineHere you’ll learn about ways to make your herringbone dairy more effective, often for little or no extra cost. The swing-over herringbone is the most common dairy type in New Zealand, used on 69% of dairy farms.
Milking•2 min read
Herringbone routine

Here you’ll learn about ways to make your herringbone dairy more effective, often for little or no extra cost. The swing-over herringbone is the most common dairy type in New Zealand, used on 69% of dairy farms.
Milking•2 min read
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Spring Rotation Planner
This online tool takes the guesswork out of grazing management over this critical period in the early spring. Input your data into the 5 steps to assist with your grazing management during and after calving.
Tools & Apps•Feed•Spring Rotation Planner
This online tool takes the guesswork out of grazing management over this critical period in the early spring. Input your data into the 5 steps to assist with your grazing management during and after calving.
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EffluentDairy effluent is a valuable resource which, when managed well, increases pasture production and reduces fertiliser costs.
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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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•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
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DairyNZ comments Resource Management Review Issues and Options paper (3 February 2020)
DairyNZs letter to MfE providing feedback on the ‘Transforming the resource management review’ document.
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•DairyNZ comments Resource Management Review Issues and Options paper (3 February 2020)
DairyNZs letter to MfE providing feedback on the ‘Transforming the resource management review’ document.
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•Regulations
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Heifer healthA heifer's health plan needs to adapt to her age and grazing farm, especially if she moves farms in her first two years. It should cover 5 areas: biosecurity, vaccinations, parasite management, trace elements and minerals, and region-specific issues.
Animal•5 min read
Heifer health

A heifer's health plan needs to adapt to her age and grazing farm, especially if she moves farms in her first two years. It should cover 5 areas: biosecurity, vaccinations, parasite management, trace elements and minerals, and region-specific issues.
Animal•5 min read
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Preventing lamenessThe key to preventing lameness on farm is good record keeping, identifying risk factors and developing a lameness prevention plan.
Animal•2 min read
Preventing lameness

The key to preventing lameness on farm is good record keeping, identifying risk factors and developing a lameness prevention plan.
Animal•2 min read