When it comes to managing a team, what does good leadership look like? And how do you invest in developing people when times are financially tough? Join us as we to talk to Southland share farmers Leo and Hazel to understand their views.

This page covers the concept of a base cow. Breeding Worth (BW) and Breeding Values (BV) are presented as the difference between an animal’s genetic merit and the average genetic merit of the 'base cows’.

This page covers the concept of genetic reliability, highlighting the confidence in an animal's breeding value and worth.

Senior Freshwater Ecologist

A new multi-year programme of work, led by AgResearch and jointly delivered by DairyNZ, is working with farmers to understand and reduce E. coli losses into waterways.

Employing staff from overseas on your dairy farm involves complying with New Zealand's latest immigration rules and regulations.

Senior Scientist

Principal Scientist

Read more about how farmers and catchment groups can now use state-of-the-art monitoring that detects fish, insects, microbes, aquatic plants, terrestrial plants, and even birds from their genetic material being present in stream water.

Animal feed can affect animal health, milk quality and food safety, and the source of dairy products can be important to buyers and consumers. That’s why it’s important when buying and selling feed, it can be traced to its origin.

Protecting, restoring and creating wetlands on-farm can reduce nutrient losses, decrease the impact of floods and provide valuable habitat for native plants and animals.

Fish need to move up and down waterways to feed, breed, and migrate between the sea and freshwater to complete their life cycle. Anything that stops fish movements is called a ‘fish passage barrier’.

How do you take a break from the farm? This summer farmers across the country, are hitting the beach to head along to Surfing for Farmers sessions. Listen to Southland dairy farmers Rob Black and Katrina Thomas to find out more.

Senior Area Manager - Central Taranaki

This long-running AgResearch-led project, supported by DairyNZ, demonstrated that adopting good farming practices on dairy farms to reduce contaminant loss into waterways improved water quality.

Selecting the right cultivar for your farm remains just as important as ever. Use this page to make informed decisions when choosing ryegrass cultivars for pasture renovation.

Getting the cluster attachment and removal right is crucial during milking. It ensures that the milk is of good quality, prevents harm to the teats, and reduces the risk of mastitis.

DairyNZ’s subsidiary NZAEL (New Zealand Animal Evaluation Limited) has recently made a new fertility trait update – in this episode we’ll discuss what this change will mean and how it will benefit farmers.