A sustainable dairy sector is critical to our country’s economic success and well-being.

These experts provide specialised advice to dairy farmers, aiming to enhance herd health and optimize farm productivity. Find a trusted advisor near you.

DairyNZ works alongside farmers to deliver a positive future for New Zealand dairy farming.

Driving purposeful change is a joint effort. We leverage our sector’s expertise, connections, and strengths. Through our partnerships, we expand our knowledge and utilise our resources to meet the needs of New Zealand dairy farmers.

DairyNZ's leadership drives innovation and sustainability for New Zealand's dairy sector. With a diverse skillset, they're committed to prosperity for farmers, communities, and the entire dairy industry.

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Delivered by DairyNZ experts or our preferred partners, workshops and programmes are designed for all levels and across a variety of topics to grow your skill and knowledge.

DairyNZ works with farmers to improve productivity, resource use efficiency, sustainability and profitability.

DairyNZ’s science projects are designed to help farmers become more internationally competitive, locally responsible and regionally resilient. Here’s an overview of our current and past research.

Want to see how the top operators are managing their farms? This section covers case studies for budgeting, milking, environmental impacts, and animal management.

Co-developed with farmers and a range of partners, the solutions we develop are built to work on New Zealand pasture-based dairy farms and help increase profitability and sustainability.

There’s room to save time in almost all herringbone dairies, the key to improving efficiency is to use a consistent milking routine for all milkers.

With more than 12,000 farm businesses employing over 30,000 people on farm we have career opportunities a plenty!

A productive workplace is about getting things done on the farm efficiently to meet the needs of the business and the people. All the resources and tools to help you create a productive workplace are here.

When you hire someone to keep your business running smoothly, you take on responsibility for managing an employment relationship. Getting the basics right around employment and team member health and safety is a necessity for a business owner.

Find out how to recruit quality staff, be a better manager, work within the law and grow your people. Employees, find out all you need to know to make the dairy industry your career.