Selective DCT poster for rural advisers

Selective DCT poster for rural advisers

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.

DairyNZ submission to the Ministry for the Environment on the Second Emissions Reduction Plan

DIGAD Data Standard for submitting static measurements of cattle liveweight data

A data standard that defines the requirements, processes, and procedures required for accurately recording static liveweight data to the Dairy Industry Good Animal Database for use in animal evaluation.

DIGAD Data Standard for parentage, breed recording and genetic testing

A data standard that defines the requirements, processes, and procedures required for accurately recording parentage and breed recording, and genetic testing and associated metadata, and submission of this data to the Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD) for use in animal evaluation. 

DairyNZ submission on resumption of application for Chilean needle grass BCA (19 April 2024)

DairyNZ submission on the Environmental Protection Authority's consultation for releasing the rust fungus Uromyces pencanus as a biological control agent to control Chilean Needle Grass.

Caring for cows in transit

Transport can be stressful for livestock. Find out how farmers and others along the way can make sure cows are comfortable during transport and at their destination.

Effluent odour management for storage ponds

Strategies for managing storage pond odour.

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

Joint evidence submission for target review

Submission to the Climate Change Commission on the Review of the 2050 Target

Fact Sheet 3 Setting Up A Willow Coppice Block For Fodder

DairyNZ Submission on the deferral of NZ ETS reporting obligations for animals – farmer activities (5 September 2023)

DairyNZ supports the deferral of farm-level obligations for the NZ ETS reporting. Deferral would allow the sector and Government to continue working in partnership to create an equitable and workable system for managing agricultural emissions.

Why should I breed for fertility?

DairyNZ-led research has answered why its important to breed investment.

Healthy Waterways Timeline for Farmers

A timeline of what farmers have to do for freshwater regulation.

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.

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.

Theileria Factsheet 1 - The Facts For Farmers

Facts for farmers on Theileria and anaemia in cattle.

Sprosen and Ledgard 2020 - N leaching from two high-rainfall dairy farms in the Lake Rotorua catchment

Report prepared by M Sprosen and S Ledgard for Bay of Plenty Regional Council, DairyNZ, Overseer Limited and Ministry For Primary Industries.

Use individual cow SCC for management decisions - Smartsamm Technote 12

How to use individual cow SCC for management decision

Sign on for herd testing - Smartsamm Technote 23

How to sign on for herd testing