Tune in to Episode 80 of Talking Dairy, where DairyNZ Senior Scientist Dawn Dalley shares 15 years of research and practical tips to help you manage and ensure your cows thrive during the challenging winter months.

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Workplace Efficiency Booster is a six-step challenge designed to help you and your team identify and eliminate workplace inefficiencies through structured activities and tips.

How do you benchmark your farm systems and performance within the sector? 20 percent of New Zealand farms contribute to DairyBase which offers two types of benchmarking and compares them to industry standards or targets.

Removing the clutter, rubbish, or faulty items and unnecessary equipment on your farm can immediately improve the workplace and positively impact productivity.

Using effective policies, procedures and rules together helps empower your team and can improve workplace efficiency, productivity and culture. Learn how to get started putting these in place for your farm.

Standard Operating Procedures can help ensure all team members, regardless of experience or spoken language, understand expectations. Having each SOP documented visually helps communicate that effectively and they should be regularly reviewed.

The Reducing Sprains and Strains project aims to raise awareness of common injury risks on farm and develop easy-to-implement solutions to reduce these injuries.

Read how, Owl Farm revisits their mating programmes and farm setup to look at how they can improve calf-rearing practices.

A well-designed roster meets both employer and employee needs, while also ensuring there are enough people with the right skills available to complete the work.

Enhance team communication by getting to know the different personalities within your team, leading to a more efficient and productive workplace.

Leasing dairy land refers to an agreement where you (the lessee), pay the farm owner (the lessor) for the use of land, buildings, and infrastructure for dairy farming. The lease payment is a monthly or annual fee that is periodically reviewed.