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Featured · November-January 2026

The latest Inside Dairy is now online, with news, farmer-led solutions, and science-backed tools.

20 Oct 2025

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Featured · November-January 2026

The latest Inside Dairy is now online, with news, farmer-led solutions, and science-backed tools.

20 Oct 2025

Find out more

Featured apps

RAS List - November bull data now live

Discover NZ's top proven bulls in the November Ranking of Active Sires (RAS) list update

Ranking of Active Sires

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Bull Search

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Bull Search

Search for an individual bull or set criteria to produce a list of bulls to suit your requirements.

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Breeding decisions

Annual performance review

Template for annual performance reivews.

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Performance management

Feed budgets

Choose from a one-page Simple Feed Budget Calculator, Simple Feed Budget with Body Condition Score (BCS) Calculator, the Monthly Feed Budget, or Annual Feed Budget.

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Feed budgets

DairyNZ Econ Tracker tool

The DairyNZ Econ Tracker is an online tool that brings you economic information relevant to the New Zealand dairy sector right now.

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Planning

DairyBase login

Login to your DairyBase account and access all the information you need to make confident and effective farm management decisions.

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Business

Annual Leave Calculator

Use this calculator to work out annual leave entitlement for your employees.

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People

Supplement Price Calculator

The supplementary feed price calculator allows you to determine how much you can pay for supplementary feed.

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Feed

Technical Guidelines for Constructed Wetland Treatment of Pastoral Farm Run-off

The guidelines cover general aspects of sizing and siting a wetland, construction, plant selection, wetland effectiveness, and maintenance.

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Environment

Technical Series April 2019: N Surplus Shows Performance Article

We’ll look at what N surplus is and how farmers can use it as part of a targeted nitrogen management plan to improve the farm’s performance.

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Research

Technology Guideline Automated Heat Detection

An overview of automated heat detection systems including how they work and factors to consider when choosing a system.

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Milking



Test service and upgrade milking machines - Smartsamm Technote 25

How to test, service and upgrade milking machines

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Mastitis

Testing of the Overseer plantain block model (July 2020)

Evidence that the model has been correctly implemented by comparing actual results with expected results.

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Environment

The 'Nitrate Catcher' - Design and installation of a bioreactor to monitor nitrate-N removal from drainage water - NIWA 2015

A report prepared by NIWA for DairyNZ and Living Water DoC-Fonterra Partnership.

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Environment

The Genetic Improvement of Cows for Once-a-Day (OAD) Milking

Proceedings of The 2007 Once-a-Day Milking Conference.

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Milking

The View From The Cow Shed 2020

This election DairyNZ have surveyed dairy farmers to better understand the issues that are impacting on their wellbeing.

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Dairy Sector

The View From The Cow Shed 2021

This election DairyNZ have surveyed dairy farmers to better understand the issues that are impacting on their wellbeing.

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Dairy Sector

The power of combining field trials and modelling

Combining field trial data with simulation models can offer new insights into complex plant-soil interactions.

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Research



Theileria Factsheet 1 - The Facts For Farmers

Facts for farmers on Theileria and anaemia in cattle.

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Health



Theileria Factsheet 2 - Understanding The Risk

Facts for farmers on understanding the risk of Theileria infection.

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Health



Theileria Factsheet 3 - Detection and Treatment

Facts for farmers on detection and treatment of Theileria and anaemia in cattle.

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Health



Theileria Factsheet 4 - Managing Theileria Infection

Facts for farmers on managing Theileria infection in cattle

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Health



Theileria Factsheet 5 - Ticks and theileria

Facts for farmers on ticks and Theileria

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Health



Theileria Seasonal Management

Infomation on seasonal theileriosis management

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Health



Theileria Short Guide

A guide for farmers working with their veterinarian in managing Theileria on dairy farms.

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Health

Tokoroa Pastoral, Waikato

A 2019 case study on environmental performance and the effect on production and profitability.

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Environment



Top Tips for Effluent Management

This effluent poster has been developed with the help of farmers all around New Zealand. It provides top tips for effluent irrigators.

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Environment

Tracking Water Use

Use this form to record regular readings (weekly, monthly etc) from your water meters.

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Environment

Transfer of the Core Database and Review of Regulatory Settings Discussion Paper

MPI discussion paper of the New Zealand dairy herd. improvement industry transfer of the core database and review of regulatory settings

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Breeding decisions

Transition cow nutrition

Tech series focus' on transition cow nutrition, optimising heifer management, and ways to reduce the risk of mastitis.

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Feed



Transitioning Cows on to Winter Crops

A guide to efficiently transition cows onto winter crop for profitable winter grazing and targeted body condition score (BCS).

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Animal

Two Stage Channel Tipsheet

A guide to the two-stage channel agricultural waterway with floodplains created on either side of the central channel.

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Environment