Financial success in the dairy industry involves five steps. First, you need a motivating dream or purpose. This will encourage you to save money, invest wisely, and work harder.

Choosing the right supplement for your dairy farm requires careful consideration of factors such as energy content, cost, storage, wastage, and feeding logistics.

The Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord was launched in July 2013 and built on the work that began under the Clean Streams Accord.

Healthy animals and strong biosecurity systems are essential to support NZ dairy production and exports. Our work advocates for strong, evidence and risk-based systems and pragmatic policy outcomes that supports us to deliver a resilient future.

Tauranga farmers Nick and Mary Dowson initially decided to give flexible milking a go from Christmas onwards as a strategy to cope with dry summers.

Taranaki has long been a centre for dairy science with research and demonstration farms in Stratford, Hawera and Waimate West.

Bay of Plenty Focus on Dairying is an initiative led by Bay of Plenty dairy farmers to explore ways for local farmers to make their farms more profitable, sustainable and satisfying.

Pasture renovation after major flooding events requires a careful and strategic approach. The page provides guidelines on how to handle different types of damage to your pastures, from lightly silted to completely dead, due to being underwater.

DairyNZ recommends these effluent management and design training courses for farm teams and rural professionals.

Angela Reid manages North South Farms, a property under FarmRight management in Northern Southland.

A 2-day training course on how to use InCalf's innovative resources and tools to help improve the reproductive performance of dairy herds.

DairyNZ's research farms are an important industry resource that provide 'real farm' platforms with associated science resources, enabling pasture and animal trials to be carried out.

The Climate Change Ambassadors are an important part of helping dairy farmers and our farming communities understand how they can make environmental improvements on their farms.

Parekarangi Trust Farm, Rotorua, straddles the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Regions and comprises a dairy and dry stock unit. The farm became a monitor farm in 2016.

Tait Family Trust is an intergenerational family-owned dairy business. The home farm (275ha total) is located in Lowcliffe, Ashburton and produces around 1,601kg MS/ha, 513kg MS/cow operating a system four production system.

Frontier Farms is a research project launched in 2021 that aims to keep New Zealand dairying ahead of our global competitors.

Water metering regulations were introduced in 2010 and require any consented water take of 5 litres per second or more to measure and report their water take.

Choosing the right plant species and cultivar is essential for optimising pasture life, feed availability, and your profit. Match these to your farm's specific conditions like climate, soil, and pests.

Read more on how DairyNZ is understanding how predicted changes to climate will affect cow health and welfare.

The NZIPIM Certified Dairy Farm Systems Consultants focus on identifying risks and opportunities on farms through a whole farm systems approach, providing tailored recommendations.