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Search results for "Calf health and hygiene"
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Submission on Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999 (June 2026)
We support strengthening the Ruminant Protein Regulations and advocate for policy to manage disease transmission risk and maintain New Zealand’s negligible bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) status, as recognised by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
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•Regulations
•Submission on Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999 (June 2026)
We support strengthening the Ruminant Protein Regulations and advocate for policy to manage disease transmission risk and maintain New Zealand’s negligible bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) status, as recognised by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
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•Regulations
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InCalf - Heat detection gap tool
This is a gap assessment tool. It assesses heat detection efficiency and the likely benefit of improving heat detection on your herd’s overall reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
•InCalf - Heat detection gap tool

This is a gap assessment tool. It assesses heat detection efficiency and the likely benefit of improving heat detection on your herd’s overall reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
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InCalf - Body condition loss in early lactation tool
This is a gap calculator tool. It measures the difference between the herd’s actual and desired body condition (BCS) loss in early lactation, i.e. between calving and mating, and assesses the likely impact of this on herd reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
•InCalf - Body condition loss in early lactation tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It measures the difference between the herd’s actual and desired body condition (BCS) loss in early lactation, i.e. between calving and mating, and assesses the likely impact of this on herd reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
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InCalf - Economics of reproductive performance tool
This is a gap calculator tool. It compares your level of overall reproductive performance to targets and estimates the scope for increasing operating profit through improved reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
•InCalf - Economics of reproductive performance tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It compares your level of overall reproductive performance to targets and estimates the scope for increasing operating profit through improved reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
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InCalf - Fertility focus user guide
This guide explains how Fertility Focus Report results are calculated and should be interpreted.
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•Repro and mating
•InCalf - Fertility focus user guide

This guide explains how Fertility Focus Report results are calculated and should be interpreted.
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•Repro and mating
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InCalf - Heifer rearing tool
This gap calculator assesses the growth of a given group of heifers versus liveweight-for-age targets, and its impact on reproductive performance and milksolids production.
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•Heifers
•InCalf - Heifer rearing tool

This gap calculator assesses the growth of a given group of heifers versus liveweight-for-age targets, and its impact on reproductive performance and milksolids production.
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•Heifers
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InCalf - Calving pattern tool
This is a gap calculator tool. It assesses your herd’s calving pattern and its impact on herd reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
•InCalf - Calving pattern tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It assesses your herd’s calving pattern and its impact on herd reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
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InCalf - Bull management practices tool
This is a tool to assess bull management practices on the farm and the risk that they may reduce herd reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
•InCalf - Bull management practices tool

This is a tool to assess bull management practices on the farm and the risk that they may reduce herd reproductive performance.
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•Repro and mating
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In 10 | Keeping pasture and profit goals on track through changeTwo years after sharing their farm at Pasture Summit, Leighton Parker and Hayley Parker are farming somewhere new. Hear how their pasture and profit plans are tracking, and what they have learned through change.
Feed
•01 Oct 2026
•21:47 min
In 10 | Keeping pasture and profit goals on track through change

Two years after sharing their farm at Pasture Summit, Leighton Parker and Hayley Parker are farming somewhere new. Hear how their pasture and profit plans are tracking, and what they have learned through change.
Feed
•01 Oct 2026
•21:47 min
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Inside Dairy | Feeding for peak milk and stronger persistenceSpring feed management plays a key role in helping cows reach peak milk, hold production, and make the most of pasture while keeping supplement use targeted.
Inside Dairy•24 Sep 2026
•1 min read
Inside Dairy | Feeding for peak milk and stronger persistence
Spring feed management plays a key role in helping cows reach peak milk, hold production, and make the most of pasture while keeping supplement use targeted.
Inside Dairy•24 Sep 2026
•1 min read
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Māori internships and opportunitiesLet your passion for te ao Māori and te taiao thrive at DairyNZ. Gain valuable industry insight, practical experience, and tuakana/teina mentoring.
Support•2 min read
Māori internships and opportunities

Let your passion for te ao Māori and te taiao thrive at DairyNZ. Gain valuable industry insight, practical experience, and tuakana/teina mentoring.
Support•2 min read
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Further RMA changes reduce costs and complexity for dairy farmersProposed changes to the Government’s resource management reforms should make it easier for dairy farmers to focus on running their businesses by reducing unnecessary duplication, costs and complexity.
Media releases•21 Aug 2026
•2 min read
Further RMA changes reduce costs and complexity for dairy farmers
Proposed changes to the Government’s resource management reforms should make it easier for dairy farmers to focus on running their businesses by reducing unnecessary duplication, costs and complexity.
Media releases•21 Aug 2026
•2 min read
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Using plantain and stacked N mitigations in SouthlandSouthland farmers in the Edendale catchment are working to understand how a stack of practical mitigations can reduce nitrogen losses while maintaining profitable milk production.
Research•18 min read
Using plantain and stacked N mitigations in Southland

Southland farmers in the Edendale catchment are working to understand how a stack of practical mitigations can reduce nitrogen losses while maintaining profitable milk production.
Research•18 min read
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DairyBase and MINDA integration saves farmers timeFarmers can spend less time on paperwork, thanks to a new data sharing agreement between DairyNZ’s DairyBase and sector partner LIC’s MINDA® software
Media releases•11 Aug 2026
•3 min read
DairyBase and MINDA integration saves farmers time
Farmers can spend less time on paperwork, thanks to a new data sharing agreement between DairyNZ’s DairyBase and sector partner LIC’s MINDA® software
Media releases•11 Aug 2026
•3 min read
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Foot-and-mouth disease travel risk and simple biosecurity tips | Ep. 130Foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease isn’t in New Zealand, but overseas travel can bring risk closer to the farm gate. Learn what to ask visitors, what to check, and the simple biosecurity steps that can help protect your herd, team and business.
Biosecurity
•05 Aug 2026
•31:49 min
Foot-and-mouth disease travel risk and simple biosecurity tips | Ep. 130

Foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease isn’t in New Zealand, but overseas travel can bring risk closer to the farm gate. Learn what to ask visitors, what to check, and the simple biosecurity steps that can help protect your herd, team and business.
Biosecurity
•05 Aug 2026
•31:49 min
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Plantain Potency and Practice programmeThe Primary Sector Growth Fund Plantain Potency and Practice programme, led by DairyNZ, is investigating how the grazing herb plantain can help farmers reduce nitrogen (N) losses to freshwater, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Research•16 min read
Plantain Potency and Practice programme

The Primary Sector Growth Fund Plantain Potency and Practice programme, led by DairyNZ, is investigating how the grazing herb plantain can help farmers reduce nitrogen (N) losses to freshwater, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Research•16 min read
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Lincoln and Massey plantain farmlet and grazing trialsAs part of the DairyNZ-led Plantain Potency and Practice programme, trials at Lincoln and Massey universities tested how plantain affects nitrogen leaching, pasture persistence and farm productivity under different soil and climate conditions.
Research•10 min read
Lincoln and Massey plantain farmlet and grazing trials

As part of the DairyNZ-led Plantain Potency and Practice programme, trials at Lincoln and Massey universities tested how plantain affects nitrogen leaching, pasture persistence and farm productivity under different soil and climate conditions.
Research•10 min read
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DairyNZ calls for certainty and practical implementation on PC1DairyNZ says Waikato farmers need certainty on Plan Change 1, but that certainty must be matched with practical, workable rules and a clear transition that doesn’t get ahead of the new resource management system currently under review.
Media releases•8 Jul 2026
•3 min read
DairyNZ calls for certainty and practical implementation on PC1
DairyNZ says Waikato farmers need certainty on Plan Change 1, but that certainty must be matched with practical, workable rules and a clear transition that doesn’t get ahead of the new resource management system currently under review.
Media releases•8 Jul 2026
•3 min read
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In 10 | What you need to know about El Niño and your farmWhat could El Niño mean for your farm this season? Hear Phil Duncan from WeatherWatch and farm systems expert Steve Veix on what to watch and where to focus your planning early.
Environment
•01 Jul 2026
•14:29 min
In 10 | What you need to know about El Niño and your farm

What could El Niño mean for your farm this season? Hear Phil Duncan from WeatherWatch and farm systems expert Steve Veix on what to watch and where to focus your planning early.
Environment
•01 Jul 2026
•14:29 min
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Take your own chair: Hinehou Timutimu on leadership and possibility | Ep. 128Beyond the award, Hinehou Timutimu shares the whānau, whenua, values and experiences that shaped her leadership, and what becomes possible when you stay true to who you are.
People
•24 Jun 2026
•50:45 min
Take your own chair: Hinehou Timutimu on leadership and possibility | Ep. 128

Beyond the award, Hinehou Timutimu shares the whānau, whenua, values and experiences that shaped her leadership, and what becomes possible when you stay true to who you are.
People
•24 Jun 2026
•50:45 min