Biosecurity visitor management plan

Anyone coming onto your farm may pose a risk to the health of your staff or animals and could bring weeds and pests along for the ride. To reduce this risk, it’s important to set up some simple controls.

Submission on strengthening New Zealand’s emergency management legislation

DairyNZ has identified three areas that would strengthen New Zealand's emergency management legislation.

Good farming practices for environmental management

This guide describes what good environmental management looks like on a dairy farm and focuses on ten key areas for environmental management.

Submission to the Environment Committee on the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill

Submission to the Primary Production Committee on the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

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

Mastitis Management - Staphylococcus aureus Factsheet

Information on how to prevent, find and treat Staphylococcus aureus, a common cause of mastitis.

Effluent odour management for storage ponds

Strategies for managing storage pond odour.

Summer management plan

The summer management plan is a useful template for developing your own summer management strategy.

ASNZ 2018 01. Modelling N Management

Waste Management Solutions - Technote

Managing farm waste is now easier, thanks to the recycling, collection, and safe disposal services available.

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.

Velvetleaf Farm Management

A quick guide for identifying velvetleaf and what to do once identified.

Theileria Seasonal Management

Infomation on seasonal theileriosis management

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.

Pre Graze and Pasture Perfomance Poster

An overview of results from the research trial: Effect of pre-graze mowing at different pre-graze masses on cow and pasture performance.

Plantain Dairy Grazing Management

A guide to managing plantain for dairy farm grazing.

Pasture Damage Score Guide

A visual assessment guide which provides an alternative way to compare paddocks for renewal or maintenance such as fertiliser, under or oversowing.

Pasture Road Map

Use this template to work backwards from balance date, when pasture supply is equal to demand, to autumn, to create a management plan for the year.

Nutrient Management On Your Dairy Farm

A farmer’s guide to understanding how nitrogen and phosphorus enter, cycle through and leave your dairy farm.