Business

• Setting up for success
  • Businesses need
  • Advice and support
  • Five business principles to get ahead
  • Do your homework
    • Farm owners
    • Sharemilking and contract milking arrangements
• Planning
  • Purpose, vision, values and guiding principles
  • Assessing your current situation
    • Whole Farm Assessment
  • Goals and actions
  • Writing a business plan
  • Succession planning
  • Governance
  • QuickPlan
  • Round out your business planning skillset
• Budgeting
  • Starting your budget
  • Budgeting tools
  • Cash management systems
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Budget Case Studies
  • Round out your financial management skillset
• Business analysis
  • Analysis tools
    • Farm Gauge
    • Calculating Return on Asset
    • 10-year equity forecast tool
    • Breakeven milk price
  • Five business analysis steps
  • Dairy operating profit
• DairyBase
  • Why join DairyBase?
  • Benchmarking
  • Contact us
  • Farmers using DairyBase
  • Forms and resources
  • Join DairyBase
  • Rural professionals
• Dairy Connect
• FarmTune
• Mark and Measure
• Adverse events
  • COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
    • COVID-19 updates
    • Farming tips for COVID-19
    • Milking during COVID-19
    • Cleaning surfaces during COVID-19
    • Supporting your team on farm during COVID-19
  • Crisis Priority Checklist
  • Drought
    • A farmers’ response to drought
    • Managing pasture shortage during calving
  • Earthquake
  • Flood
    • Relocating stock
    • Pasture renovation after flooding
    • Wet weather management
  • Heavy snow
    • Dealing with snow in early lactation
    • Mating management after adverse weather
    • Spring pasture management after an adverse event
  • Milk Disposal
  • Missed milkings
  • Power outages
  • Volcanic Eruption
• Biosecurity
  • Biosecurity practices on farm
  • Biosecurity on grazing properties
  • Evaluating biosecurity risks
  • Biosecurity Response Levy
  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • NAIT
  • Farm visitor management
• Moving day
  • Moving animals
  • Moving people
  • Moving farm and household items
  • Managing contractors
  • Admin and regulatory requirements
• Infrastructure investment
• The 5 Production Systems
  • Skills for systems
  • Steps for system change

Environment

• Environment policy and leadership
  • Environment at a glance
  • Freshwater regulation
    • Intensive winter grazing rules
    • Nitrogen cap rules
    • River structures and wetlands rules
    • National freshwater regulations FAQ
  • Regional and national policy
    • Te Mana o Te Wai
  • Zero Carbon Act
  • Climate change
    • Climate Change Commission
      • Frequently asked questions
• Review and plan
  • Know your numbers
  • Farm Environment Plans
    • Overseer technical review
  • Water quality
    • Water quality and limits
    • Catchments
    • Identifying contaminants
    • Water quality on your farm
  • Climate change and the dairy sector
• On-farm actions
  • Waterways
    • Fencing waterways
    • Planting waterways
    • Drains
    • Crossings
    • Waterway erosion
    • Wetlands
    • Productive Riparian Buffers
    • Riparian Planner
      • How to use the riparian planner
  • Reducing phosphorus (P) loss
  • Solutions to reduce nitrogen loss
  • Strategies to reduce N fertiliser use
  • Water Use
    • Smart water use in the milking shed
    • Smart water use on farm
    • Water meters and monitoring
    • Irrigation
  • Land management
    • Critical Source Areas
    • Erosion
    • Trees on Farms
    • EnviroWalk
    • Planting trees
  • Effluent Systems
    • Designing or upgrading effluent systems
    • Effluent storage
      • Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator (DESC)
      • Effluent Pond Safety
      • Odour management
    • Managing and Operating Effluent Systems
    • Effluent compliance
    • Effluent WOF
    • Effluent Training Courses
  • Waste management
    • Dead stock disposal
    • Composting dead stock
  • Ways to reduce emissions
• Dairy sector progress
  • He waka eke noa
  • Climate change research
  • Climate Change Ambassadors
  • Dairy Environment Leaders Forum
    • New chair brings fresh focus on sustainable dairying
  • The Vision is Clear
    • Send us your stories
  • Step Change
    • About the Step Change project
    • Dollars and sense of going green
  • Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord
  • NZ dairy sector’s carbon footprint

Feed

• Pasture
  • Growing pasture
    • Managing nitrogen fertiliser
    • Gibberellic acid
    • Soil fertility for pasture
    • Grazing management tips
    • Alternative pasture species
    • The ryegrass plant
    • Kikuyu
      • Kikuyu FAQ's
    • Pasture growth data
  • Assessing and allocating pasture
    • Leaf stage
    • Pasture assessment
      • Comparative Stocking Rate
    • Pasture allocation
    • Average pasture cover (APC)
      • Understanding APC
      • APC at balance date
      • APC at calving
      • Pasture road map
    • Feed wedges and rotation planners
      • Spring Rotation Planner
        • Spring Rotation Planner Tool
        • Tips for using the SRP
      • Feed wedges
  • Pasture renewal
    • Value of pasture renewal
    • Select and prepare paddocks
      • Pasture Condition Score Tool
    • Select pasture species
      • Cultivar Selector Tool
      • Forage Value Index (FVI)
      • Clover
      • Tall fescue
      • Cocksfoot
      • Ryegrass
      • Endophyte
    • Sowing
      • Seedbed preparation
      • Pasture renewal methods
      • Seed selection
    • Managing new pasture
  • Pasture persistence
    • Ryegrass persistence
    • Ryegrass persistency problems
    • Research on persistency
    • Feedback
  • Pests and weeds
    • Black Beetle
    • Black Field Cricket
    • Clover Root Weevil
    • Giant buttercup
    • Velvetleaf
    • Yellow Bristle Grass
• Crops
  • Catch crops
  • Forages for reduced nitrate leaching
  • Wintering
    • Planning (September to December)
      • Cultivation for contractors
    • Setting up (January to April)
    • Management and review (May to August)
  • Cereal species
  • Chicory
  • Fodder Beet
    • Fodder beet considerations
    • Growing fodder beet
    • Fodder beet transitioning
    • Late lactation fodder beet
    • Wintering on fodder beet
  • Kale
  • Lucerne
  • Maize crop
  • Plantain
  • Swedes
    • Swede advisory
  • Turnips
• Supplements
  • Supplement Price Calculator
  • Maize silage
  • Grass silage
  • Palm Kernel Extract
  • Feed Values
  • Milksolids response
  • Density and Storage of Feeds
  • Common Feed Supplements
  • Effects of removing imported feed
  • Reducing reliance on imported feed
• Nutrition
  • Principles of nutrition
    • Carbohydrate
    • Fibre
    • Protein
    • Fats (Lipids)
  • Transition cows
    • Understanding the transition cow
    • Feeding the transition cow
    • Caring for the transition cow
    • Down cows ‘tip of the iceberg’
  • FeedRight
    • FeedRight training
    • FeedRight advisors
    • FeedRight e-learning tutorials
    • FeedRight TechNotes
    • FeedRight videos
  • Ryegrass as a feed
  • Milk Urea
  • Dry cows
  • Lactating cows
  • Early lactation
    • Nutrients required during early lactation
  • Mid-late lactation
    • Nutrients required during mid-late lactation
  • Dry period
    • Achieve body condition score targets at calving
• Feed management
  • Early spring management
    • Supplementary feed in spring
    • Staff tips for spring
    • Magnesium, calcium and energy
  • Late spring management
  • Summer management
    • Getting ready for autumn
    • Summer strategies
    • Setting up for summer
  • Autumn management
  • Winter management
  • Surplus management
  • Managing pugging damage
• Improving pasture performance
  • Assessing farm performance
    • Feed budgets
    • Autumn Management Tool
    • Pasture Growth Forecaster
  • Pasture and Crop Eaten Calculator
• Feed management tools
• Farmwatch

Animal

• Animal Evaluation
  • Info-herds / Resilient dairy
  • National Breeding Objective review
  • Ranking of Active Sires
  • Bull Search
  • Bull Team Builder
  • Breeding Worth Tool
  • Animal and Herd Averages
  • Six steps to a high BW herd
  • Animal Database
    • Supplying data to DIGAD
    • Accessing data in DIGAD
    • Order Data
  • Interpreting the info
    • All About BW
    • Body Condition Score (BCS)
    • Economic Values
    • Breeding Values
    • Genetic Base Cow
    • Reliability
    • AE Publications
    • Genetic Improvement FAQs
    • International dairy sires
    • What is inbreeding?
    • Minimum contemporary groups
  • About NZAEL
  • NZAEL stakeholder updates
• Animal Welfare
  • Positive Welfare workshops
  • Humane slaughter
  • Animal welfare regulations
  • Early Response Service
• Body Condition Scoring
  • How to BCS
  • BCS strategies
  • BCS Tracker App
  • Certified BCS Assessors
  • BCS Assessor Certification Programme
  • Body condition loss in early lactation
• Calves
  • Setting up for calving
    • Pre-calving cow care
    • Setting up your team for success
    • Calf housing
  • Calving cows
  • Calves - 0-4 Days Old
    • Colostrum
  • Calves - 4 Days Old - Weaning
  • Weaning
  • Calf care
  • Bobby calves
    • Transporting calves
    • Loading facilities
  • Disbudding
  • Calf Care Toolkit
• Cow health
  • Mastitis
    • Calving
      • Environmental Mastitis
      • Heifer Mastitis
      • Milk Suitable for Vat
      • Clinicals at Calving
    • Lactation
      • Contagious Mastitis
      • Machine Function
      • Teat Disinfection
      • Milking Hygiene
      • Teat Sores
      • Clinical Cases
      • Bulk Milk SCC
      • Individual Cow SCC
      • Seeking Advice
    • Drying off
      • Dry cow strategy
      • Culling
      • Dry Off Abruptly
      • Administering Dry Cow Treatments
      • Antibiotic use on dairy farms
      • Planning for dry-off success
    • Dry Period
      • Check Udders
      • Check Weekly
      • Selling Cows
    • Review and Plan
      • Buying Cows
      • Annual Mastitis Review
      • Herd Testing
      • Review Disinfection
      • Test Milking Machine
      • Fix Dirty Areas
    • Fix my problem
      • High BMSCC
      • Too many clinicals
      • Finding Clinicals
      • Teat Spraying
      • Teat Damage
    • Case Studies
      • A service like no udder
      • Finding a new normal
      • Healthy Udder gets it right
      • Huge drop in clinical mastitis
    • Tools and Resources
      • SmartSAMM Gap Calculator
      • Healthy Udder
        • Healthy Udder Service
      • Guidelines and Technotes
      • Mastitis Focus Report
      • Benchmarks
      • Find an Adviser
      • About SmartSAMM
      • Support Material
      • Training
  • Mycoplasma bovis
    • Active Surveillance and grazing management
  • Lameness
    • Lameness scoring
    • Lameness Cost Calculator
    • Healthy Hoof
      • Healthy Hoof app
        • Healthy Hoof app how-to
      • Healthy Hoof Programme Registration
      • Trained Healthy Hoof Providers List
      • Healthy Hoof Training / Provider information
        • Thank you
  • Acidosis
  • BVD Virus
  • Coccidiosis
  • Copper deficiency
  • Down cows
  • Endometritis
  • Facial Eczema
  • Grass staggers
  • Heat stress
  • Johne's Disease
  • Ketosis
  • Leptospirosis
  • Milk fever
  • Nitrate poisoning
  • Ryegrass staggers
  • Salmonella
  • Scours
  • Sodium Deficiency
  • Trace Elements
• Heifers
  • Liveweight Targets
  • Heifer feeding and nutrition
  • Rearing options
  • Contract grazing
  • Economics
  • Considering grazing heifers?
  • Heifer weights and weighing
  • Heifer health
  • Heifer mating
  • Heifer Development Plan
• Reproduction and mating
  • Improving reproductive performance
    • Fertility Focus Report
    • Pregnancy testing
    • Reproductive performance measures
  • The InCalf Programme
    • InCalf Foundations Training
    • National Reproductive Strategy Group (NRSG)
  • Calving pattern
  • Heat detection
    • Observing cows to detect heats
    • Heat detection aids
    • Assessing heat detection
    • Heat detection strategy
    • Reading heat detection aids
  • AB Practices
    • Extending the AB period
  • Bull management
  • Genetics and reproductive performance
  • Body condition and nutrition for reproduction
  • Cow health for reproduction
• Transporting stock
• Culling cows

Milking

• Milking intervals
  • Twice a day milking
  • Once A Day Milking
    • Full season once-a-day (OAD) milking
    • Once-a-day milking post Christmas
  • Flexible milking
    • Implementing flexible milking
• Milking efficiently
  • Milking duration
    • MaxT - Herringbone
      • It's about time
    • MaxT - rotary
  • Milking routine
    • Herringbone routine
    • Rotary routine
  • Cow flow
    • Herringbone Design
      • Herringbone Entry
      • Bail and Pit
      • Herringbone Exit
    • Rotary Design
      • The Rotary Entry
      • Bail and Cupping Area
      • The Rotary Exit
    • Track and Yard
      • Efficient Tracks
        • Track Building
      • Track and yard intersection
      • Yard and handling facilities
        • Yard Features
        • Yard cleaning
        • Backing gates
        • Handling facilities
  • Milksmart app
• The Milking Plant
  • Milking clusters
  • Teat cup liners
  • Pulsation and vacuum
  • Milk cooling
  • Plant cleaning
  • Cleaning systems
• Dairy Stockmanship
  • Dairy environments
  • Milk let-down
  • Teat washing
  • Cluster attachment
  • Cluster removal
  • Teat spraying
  • Managing animal health
  • Drenching in the milking routine
  • Moving cattle
  • Multiple mobs
  • Training heifers
  • Tail management
• New Dairies and Technology
  • Do you need an upgrade?
  • Choosing your dairy and yard type
  • Blueprints and building
  • Parlour model
  • Feeding Systems
  • Electronic ID
  • Drafting Systems
  • Robotic milking
    • About AMS
    • Getting started
      • Farm
      • Robotic milking - Cows
      • Timeline
    • Considering AMS
    • Fine Tuning
    • Greenfield Project
  • Automated mastitis detection
  • Automated heat detection
• Milksmart
  • MilksmartPro

People

• Recruitment
  • Recruit and select
    • Managing staff shortages
  • Employment agreements
  • Orientation
  • Roles
    • Farm assistant
    • Herd manager
    • Assistant manager
    • Farm manager
    • Operations manager
    • Pre-herd business owner
    • Herd owning, Land owning or Leasing business owner
  • Farm accommodation
  • Immigration
    • Border exception for dairy farm staff
      • Further information
  • Cost Calculator
• Managing your team
  • Workplace360
  • Farm procedures, policies and rules
  • Performance and discipline
    • Employee catchups and reviews
    • Managing conflict
    • Disciplinary Process
    • Drugs and alcohol
  • Coaching and mentoring
    • Training
      • Primary ITO
  • Team meetings
    • Kanban boards
  • Rosters, pay and leave
    • Rosters
    • Salary and wages
    • Timesheets
    • Holidays, leave and breaks
      • Annual Leave Calculator
    • Payroll
      • Payroll systems
  • Ending employment
    • What to do when employment ends
    • Restructuring
  • Being a good boss
• Farm Health and Safety
• Careers and progression
  • Career pathways
    • Pre herd owning
    • Herd owning
    • Leasing
    • Equity partnerships
  • Finding a job
    • Writing a CV
    • Interview process
    • Pay and negotiating
    • Employer CVs
  • Visual learning guides
  • Scholarships
    • Postgraduate Scholarships
    • Recipients and Graduates
  • Dairy Training Ltd
• Farmer wellbeing
  • Farmer stories
    • All well and good?
    • Dealing with hard times
    • Positive mindset sets path to better financial shape
  • How to stay well
  • Signs of illness and burnout
    • Stress continuum
  • Where to get help
• Resources
• Workplace Action Plan

Events

News

Publications

• Inside Dairy
  • Inside Dairy Oct-Nov 2021
  • Inside Dairy August-Sept 2021
  • Inside Dairy June-July 2021
  • Inside Dairy April-May 2021
  • Inside Dairy February-March 2021
  • Inside Dairy December 2020 - January 2021
  • Inside Dairy October-November 2020
  • Inside Dairy August-September 2020
  • Inside Dairy June 2020
  • Inside Dairy May 2020
  • Inside Dairy April 2020
  • Inside Dairy March 2020
  • Inside Dairy February 2020
  • Inside Dairy December 2019
  • Inside Dairy November 2019
  • Inside Dairy October 2019
  • Inside Dairy September 2019 (UNI)
  • Inside Dairy September 2019 (LNI)
  • Inside Dairy September 2019 (SI)
  • Inside Dairy August 2019
  • Inside Dairy July 2019
  • Inside Dairy June 2019
  • Inside Dairy May 2019
  • Inside Dairy April 2019
  • Inside Dairy March 2019
  • Inside Dairy February 2019
  • Inside Dairy December 2018
  • Inside Dairy June 2015
  • Inside Dairy May 2015
  • Inside Dairy April 2015
  • Inside Dairy March 2015
  • Inside Dairy February 2015
  • Inside Dairy October 2014
  • Inside Dairy September 2014
  • Inside Dairy August 2014
  • Inside Dairy July 2014
  • Inside Dairy June 2014
  • Inside Dairy May 2014
  • Inside Dairy April 2014
  • Inside Dairy March 2014
  • Inside Dairy February 2014
  • Inside Dairy December 2013
  • Inside Dairy November 2013
  • Inside Dairy October 2013
  • Inside Dairy September 2013
  • Inside Dairy August 2013
  • Inside Dairy July 2013
  • Inside Dairy June 2013
  • Inside Dairy May 2013
  • Inside Dairy April 2013
  • Inside Dairy March 2013
  • Inside Dairy February 2013
  • Inside Dairy December 2012
  • Inside Dairy November 2012
  • Inside Dairy October 2012
  • Inside Dairy September 2012
  • Inside Dairy August 2012
  • Inside Dairy July 2012
  • Inside Dairy June 2012
  • Inside Dairy May 2012
  • Inside Dairy April 2012
  • Inside Dairy March 2012
  • Inside Dairy February 2012
  • Inside Dairy December 2011
  • Inside Dairy November 2011
  • Inside Dairy October 2011
  • Inside Dairy September 2011
  • Inside Dairy August 2011
  • Inside Dairy July 2011
  • Inside Dairy June 2011
  • Inside Dairy May 2011
  • Inside Dairy April 2011
  • Inside Dairy March 2011
  • Inside Dairy February 2011
  • Inside Dairy December 2010
  • Inside Dairy November 2010
  • Inside Dairy October 2010
  • Inside Dairy August 2010
  • Inside Dairy July 2010
  • Inside Dairy June 2010
  • Inside Dairy May 2010
  • Inside Dairy April 2010
  • Inside Dairy March 2010
  • Inside Dairy February 2010
  • Inside Dairy December 2009
• Technical Series
  • Technical Series April 2020 (#45)
  • Technical Series December 2019 (#44)
  • Technical Series September 2019 (#43)
  • Technical Series June 2019 (#42)
  • Technical Series April 2019 (#41)
  • Technical Series December 2018 (#40)
  • Technical Series September 2018 (#39)
  • Technical Series June 2018 (#38)
  • Technical Series March 2018 (#37)
  • Technical Series December 2017 (#36)
  • Technical Series October 2017 (#35)
  • Technical Series June 2017 (#34)
  • Technical Series March 2017 (#33)
  • Technical Series December 2016 (#32)
  • Technical Series June 2016 (#30)
  • Technical Series March 2016 (Issue 29)
  • Technical Series December 2015 (Issue 28)
  • Technical Series June 2015 (Issue 26)
  • Technical Series March 2015 (Issue 25)
  • Technical Series October 2014 (Issue 24)
  • Technical Series August 2014 (Issue 23)
  • Technical Series July 2014 (Issue 22)
  • Technical Series April 2014
  • Technical Series February 2014
  • Technical Series December 2013
  • Technical Series October 2013
  • Technical Series August 2013
  • Technical Series June 2013
  • Technical Series April 2013
  • Technical Series February 2013
  • Technical Series December 2012
  • Technical Series October 2012
  • Technical Series August 2012
  • Technical Series June 2012
  • Technical Series April 2012
  • Technical Series February 2012
  • Technical Series December 2011
  • Technical Series November 2011
  • Technical Series September 2011
  • Technical Series July 2011
  • Technical Series May 2011
  • Technical Series March 2011
  • Technical Series December 2010
• Animal
  • The InCalf Book
  • Caring for damaged tails poster
  • On-farm guidelines for preventing damaged tails
  • Healthy Udder Guide
  • Body Condition Scoring Reference Guide
  • Body Condition Scoring Made Easy Booklet
  • Body Condition Scoring Recording Chart
  • Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare 2019
  • CalvingSmart booklet
  • Fit for transport poster
  • The welfare of bobby calves - Good practice guidelines
  • Bobby calf collection sign
  • Early Response Service
  • Animal Welfare (Painful Husbandry Procedures) - Code of Welfare
  • Preventing and managing lameness
  • Lameness Scoring DVD
  • Minimising Lameness Poster
  • Lameness field guide
  • Lameness scoring poster
  • Johne's Disease Management
  • Johne's Disease - laboratory testing
  • Facial Eczema Management
  • Humane slaughter - Information pack
  • Body Condition Scoring DVD
  • SmartSAMM Brochure
  • Making the right decision for cull cows
  • Standing-Off - A Cow's Perspective
  • Checklist for Transporting Cows
  • Humane slaughter - Farm policy
  • InCalf Fertility Focus User's Guide
  • InCalf Reproduction Calendar
  • Calf holding and loading facilities
  • Biosecurity communication plan for graziers
  • Acidifying milk with citric acid
  • Protect your farm from disease
  • Mycoplasma bovis - what to look out for
  • Fit for transport
  • Humane slaughter - Best practice poster
  • Humane slaughter - On-farm guidelines
  • Antibiotic judicious use guidelines
• People & Careers
  • Dairy sector careers booklet
  • People Productivity Kit
  • Dairy Farm Role Descriptions
  • DairyNZ QuickPlan - for dairy farm employees
  • DairyNZ QuickPlan - for farm owners and sharemilkers
  • QuickStart Recruitment Kit - Farm Assistant
  • QuickStart Recruitment Kit - Herd Manager
  • QuickStart Recruitment Kit - Assistant Manager
  • QuickStart Recruitment Kit - Farm Manager
  • Must-have skills for spring poster
  • DairyNZ Scholarships Brochure
  • Dairy Farming for a Real Change Brochure
  • Science Internships at DairyNZ Brochure
  • HR Toolkit
  • Tips for milking during COVID-19
• Farm
  • Biosecurity planner
  • Biosecurity WOF
  • Dairy Cow Housing Guide
  • Dairy Cow Housing Assessment
  • Investing in off-paddock facilities?
  • Stand-off pads booklet
  • IPENZ Practice Note 29 Dairy Housing
  • Responsible Dairy Conversions Guide
  • Housed cow cleanliness score card
  • Dairy Floods Checklist booklet
  • My action plan poster
  • Understanding the business
  • DairyBase Brochure
  • Money Management Basics
  • Mark and Measure Templates
  • Working together to protect our future from exotic pests and diseases (Summary)
  • Working together to protect our future from exotic pests and diseases (Brochure)
  • Working together to protect our future from exotic pests and diseases (Discussion document)
• Feed
  • Winter grazing plan
  • Winter grazing checklist
  • Caring for cows in break-fed winter systems
  • Summer feeding check
  • Perennial Ryegrass Grazing Guide
  • Feeding cows in spring
  • Spring Rotation Planner Poster
  • Yellow Bristle Grass - The Ute Guide
  • Pasture Renewal Guide
  • 2011 Forage Review Guide
  • Management Practices for Forage Brassicas
  • Growing Maize on Dairy Farms
  • Pasture Plus Brochure
  • Spring feeding check
  • Forage Value Index handbook
  • Plantain: Dairy grazing management
• Environment
  • Effluent Management Plan Poster
  • Making the most of wet areas on farm
  • Land management on Northland dairy farms
  • Cultivation and cropping in Northland and Auckland
  • Land management on Bay of Plenty dairy farms
  • Land management on Canterbury dairy farms
  • Land management on Otago dairy farms
  • Good management practices
  • Break Fed Wintering
  • Reducing Nitrogen Loss
  • Farm Dairy Effluent Design Standards and Code of Practice
  • Nutrient management on your dairy farm
  • Waterway technical notes
  • IPENZ Practice Note 27 Dairy Farm Infrastructure
  • A farmer's guide to managing farm dairy effluent
  • A staff guide to operating your effluent irrigation system - Low rate system
  • A staff guide to operating your effluent irrigation system - Travelling irrigator system
  • Top Tips for Effluent Irrigators poster
  • Magnetic Effluent Pond Level Gauge
  • Pocket guide to determine soil risk for FDE application
  • How to use the Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator (DESC)
  • Northland
  • Waikato
  • Bay of Plenty
  • Hawkes Bay
  • Taranaki
  • Manawatu-Wanganui
  • Wellington
  • Top of the South
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
  • Otago
  • Southland
  • Farm Dairy Effluent Systems - Planning the right system for your farm
  • Effluent Irrigator Run Sheet
  • A Guide to Managing Farm Dairy Effluent - Northland
  • A Guide to Managing Farm Dairy Effluent - West Coast
  • IPENZ 21: Farm Dairy Effluent Pond Design and Construction
  • A farmer's guide to building a new effluent storage pond
  • Effluent Compliance Quick Checklist - Canterbury
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Canterbury
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Greater Wellington
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Hawke's Bay
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Horizons
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Auckland
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - BOP
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Tasman
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Taranaki
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - West Coast
  • Effluent Compliance Quick Checklist - Waikato
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Waikato
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Northland
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Marlborough
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Southland
  • Effluent Compliance Checklist - Otago
  • DIY Irrigation Evaluation Guide
  • Guide to Good Irrigation - Part 1
  • Guide to Good Irrigation - Part 2
  • A guide to Variation 6
  • Smart Water Use in the Farm Dairy
  • Worksheet to estimate water use in the farm dairy
  • Smart Water Use - Short Form Action Plan
  • Tracking Water Use
  • QuickStats about water quality - Hauraki
  • Actions of a Dairy Environment Leader
  • He Waka Eke Noa
  • He Waka Eke Noa Programme Overview
  • He Waka Eke Noa Programme Structure
  • Nitrogen Cap Decision Tree
• Milking
  • Implementing MaxT - Herringbone poster
  • Implementing MaxT - Rotary poster
  • Milking Smarter - Herringbone poster
  • Milking Smarter - Rotary poster
  • Milksmart Workbook
  • Milking Smarter - Rotary
  • Milking Smarter - Herringbone
  • Automatic Milking Systems Booklet
  • Choosing a new dairy
  • Building a new dairy
• Seasonal
  • Reviewing Your Wintering System
  • Spring Survival Guide
  • Dry Summer Management Guide
  • Farm Management Calendar
  • Seasonal Diary Checklist - Mid Lactation
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