DairyBase farmer help sheet for Level 2 physical questionnaire

The DairyBase Reporting Handbook provides detailed explanations of the metrics and terminology used in DairyBase reports. It helps farmers and advisors interpret financial and physical performance data accurately to support informed decision-making and benchmarking.

Completion of a level one physical questionnaire is required to provide supporting information for the financial or level two physical detail analysis.

A monthly cashflow budget takes your annual cash budget and spreads your income and expenses across the year giving you a month-by-month basis picture.

A monthly cashflow budget takes your annual cash budget and spreads your income and expenses across the year giving you a month-by-month basis picture.

A monthly cashflow budget takes your annual cash budget and spreads your income and expenses across the year giving you a month-by-month basis picture.

Variable order sharemilking calculator - an overview of the income and expenditure you can expect in your first year.

A monthly cashflow budget takes your annual cash budget and spreads your income and expenses across the year giving you a month-by-month basis picture.

A quick cash budget is a condensed version of the annual cash budget, it is simplified to give a quick overview of your cash budget situation.

A personal cash budget is for anyone who wants to know where their money is going. It is particularly useful for farmers on a wage or salary.

A simple planning tool used to estimate the financial gain or loss by changing some aspect of the business or making a ‘partial’ change to the farm system.

A monthly cashflow budget takes your annual cash budget and spreads your income and expenses across the year giving you a month-by-month basis picture.

A monthly cashflow budget takes your annual cash budget and spreads your income and expenses across the year giving you a month-by-month basis picture.

A monthly cashflow budget takes your annual cash budget and spreads your income and expenses across the year giving you a month-by-month basis picture.

A list of suggested documents to help you collect the information you need to complete the farm business description for DairyBase.

The level 2 resource list is a summary of suggested documents needed to collect the physical detail data.

To request access to DairyBase benchmarks, please complete the attached data request form and email it to info@dairybase.co.nz.

An example farm budget of an average NZ owner-operator.