Frustrated that milking wasn’t more enjoyable for his team, Bay of Plenty farmer Gordon McFetridge decided it was high time to seek help from milking expert Josh Wheeler.

On this page, you'll find details about different pests and diseases that can harm brassica plants. These include cabbage grey aphids, diamondback moths, leaf miners, Nysius flies, springtails, white butterflies, club root, and dry rot.

The Climate Change Ambassadors are an important part of helping dairy farmers and our farming communities understand how they can make environmental improvements on their farms.

Prepare your team for a successful calving season with CalvingSmart. This workshop is designed to build confidence, strengthen skills, and ensure everyone on farm is ready to support cows and calves safely and effectively during calving.

Parekarangi Trust Farm, Rotorua, straddles the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Regions and comprises a dairy and dry stock unit. The farm became a monitor farm in 2016.

Tait Family Trust is an intergenerational family-owned dairy business. The home farm (275ha total) is located in Lowcliffe, Ashburton and produces around 1,601kg MS/ha, 513kg MS/cow operating a system four production system.

Frontier Farms is a research project launched in 2021 that aims to keep New Zealand dairying ahead of our global competitors.

Welcome to DairyNZ's Scott Farm, home to research on effective farming systems for dairy farmers, with particular relevance for pasture-based Waikato farming.

The philosophy of this Tatua supply farm business has been to grow wealth through being profitable and sustainable.

DairyNZ is committed to supporting Kiwi dairy farmers build successful, sustainable and resilient farm businesses.

Duncan and Anne-Marie are equity managers of a 210 ha flat farm near Taieri. They supply milk to Fonterra. Planned start of calving is 5 August with the majority of cows being wintered off-farm.

Brent and Maryn are arable farmers from Mayfield. They were part of a network of farmers in Canterbury who contributed to the direction of FRNL’s research, influenced priorities, shared experiences and provided a practical check to research.

Blair and Amie Kirkland are sheep and beef farm owners from Parnassus. 

Jon and Birgit Pemberton are owner-operators of a 139ha farm in Brydone, milking approximately 400 cows producing 560 kg MS/cow through a 28-aside herringbone dairy with in-shed feeding. They supply milk to Open Country Dairy.

The page provides ways to find a milk quality adviser, a qualified milking machine tester, or a vet specialising in mastitis investigations.

Accurate body condition score (BCS) assessment is essential to support animal and farm management decision making. The BCS Assessor Certification trains rural professionals to help standardise condition scoring across New Zealand.

Volcanic eruptions pose a risk to dairy farm animals due to toxic ash containing fluorine. Hungry animals grazing short pastures are especially at risk, but rainfall can reduce the danger as fluoride is soluble.

DairyNZ works with Northland dairy farmers on a range of projects to ensure regionally-relevant information is available and farmers have access to forums to discuss issues unique to Northland.

Water metering regulations were introduced in 2010 and require any consented water take of 5 litres per second or more to measure and report their water take.

The sooner you spot and treat sick and lame cows, the better. Learn how to identify, separate and care for sick and problem cows, about marking and recording systems, and the most common cow diseases.