DairyNZ submission to the Climate Change Commission on fourth emissions budget period; international shipping and aviation emissions; and review of 2050 emissions reduction target

Joint letter on targeted changes to the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) (April 2024)

DairyNZ Submission to the Environment Select Committee re Fast-Track Approvals Bill (April 2024)

DairyNZ submission on proposed changes to MPIs cost recovery settings (8 March 2024)

DairyNZ submission on the Ministry for Primary Industries' Annual Review 2024: Proposed changes to MPI’s cost recovery settings.

Joint letter to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Target Review Oct 2023

Submission on proposed plan change 7 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional plan

Joint submission to Climate Change Commission on Target Review Sept 2023

Worksheet To Estimate Water Use In The Farm Dairy

In the absence of meters, you can use this form to record all your water uses, then do the calculation to estimate total consumption.

Using empirical relationships to develop nutrient targets for periphyton management - NIWA client report 2019

Report prepared for Dairy NZ and Horizons Regional Council by NIWA.

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).

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.

Swales et al 2016 - Sources of eroded soils and their contribution to long-term sedimentation in the Firth of Thames

A report prepared by NIWA for DairyNZ and Waikato Regional Council

How to Apply Tail Paint

One page guide on how to apply tail paint

Dry off abruptly taking steps to reduce yield - Smartsamm Technote 16

Guide to dry off abruptly taking steps to reduce yield

SmartSamm Mastitis Focus Factsheet - Culling to Control Mastitis

How to understanding your Mastitis Focus Culling to Control Mastitis report

Reduce exposure to environmental mastitis bacteria - Smartsamm Technote 1

How to reduce exposure to environmental mastitis bacteria

Simon and de Klein 2021 - Do wetland or denitrifying bioreactor systems lead to pollution swapping

A report prepared by AgResearch Ltd for DairyNZ.

Siting of dairy relative to main farm race and tanker access

Optimise the race and dairy layout for cow flow and functionality.

Rutherford et al. 2017 - Review of Nitrogen Attenuation in New Zealand Seepage Wetlands

This report is part of a project assessing the effectiveness of the seepage wetland module in OVERSEER.

Management guidelines for reducing nitrogen fertiliser use: an approach to reduce nitrate leaching from Dairy systems - research summary

This document summarises three trials that decreased Nitrogen (N) fertiliser inputs.