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Animal

Animal health

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Acidosis

BVD Virus

Coccidiosis

Copper Deficiency

Down Cows

Endometritis

Facial Eczema

Staggers

Heat Stress

Johnes Disease

Ketosis

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Body condition scoring

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BCS Strategies

BCS Loss Early Lactation

How To Body Condition Score

BCS Certified Assessors

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Mastitis

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Mastitis Overview

Somatic Cell Count

Bulk Milk SCC

Detecting Mastitis

Preventing Mastitis

Environmental Mastitis

Contagious Mastitis

Teat Care and Management

Treating Mastitis

Administering dry cow treatments

Dry Cow Strategies

Dry Off

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Lameness

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Identifying lameness

Lameness types

Preventing lameness

Treating lameness

Healthy Hoof providers

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Animal welfare

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Animal Welfare Overview

Transporting Stock

Humane Slaughter

Dead Stock Disposal

Composting Dead Stock

Early Response Service

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Calves

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Setting up for Calving

Calf Housing

Calf Health and Hygiene

Calving Cows

Collecting Calves

Colostrum

Feeding Milk

Transporting Bobby Calves

Disbudding

Weaning

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Heifers

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Considering Grazing

Contract Grazing

Feeding Nutrition

Health

Mating

Weights Weighing

LW Targets

Rearing Options

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Reproduction and mating

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Extending AB Period

BCS Nutrition

Bull Management

Calving Pattern

Using Heat Detection Aids

Heat Detection Strategy

Detect Heats

Fertility Focus Report

Pregnancy Testing

Measuring Reproduction Performance

Non Cycling Cows

Automated Heat Detection Technology

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Breeding decisions

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Genomics

Breeding Worth

Breeding Values

Economic Values

Inbreeding

Measuring breeding worth performance

Recording Parentage

Animal database

Dairy beef

Genetic Trends in the National Herd

Genetic Reliability

Genetic Base Cow

Genetic Reliability

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Nutrition

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Trace Elements

Magnesium calcium and energy

Dry Cow

Dry Period

Lactating Cow

Milk Urea

Carbohydrate

Fats

Fibre

Protein

Transition Cows

Caring for Transition Cows

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Good dairy stockmanship

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Drenching During Milking

Tail Management

Training Heifers

Dairy Stockmanship

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Biosecurity

Diseases

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High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza

Mycoplasma bovis

Foot and mouth disease

Bovine Tuberculosis

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Biosecurity support

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Foot and Mouth Disease risk pathways

Biosecurity Response Levy

Biosecurity on grazing properties

Evaluating biosecurity risks

Visitor management

NAIT

Buying and selling feed

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Business

Planning

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Goals and actions

Governance

Purpose, vision, values

Succession

Business plan

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Moving day

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Setting up

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Advice and Support

Foundations

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Farm Owner

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Guiding principles

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Analysis

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Operating Profit

Five Steps

Analysis

Budgeting

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Starting Budget

Cash Management

Top Tips

Sensitivity Analysis

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Off-paddock investment

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Off-paddock investment overview

Loose housed barn

Freestall barn

Stand-off Pad

Feedpad

Housed cow comfort

Artificial bedding surfaces

Managing off-paddock facilities

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DairyBase

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Why join DairyBase?

DairyBase questionnaires

Benchmarking

DairyBase terms of use

DairyBase data requests

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Environment

Climate

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Adapting to a changing climate

Carbon offsets

Energy saving on farm

Managing emissions

Understanding on-farm emissions

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Waterbodies and wetlands

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Crossings

Drains

Fencing

Fish passage

Riparian Planting

Water Quality on Farm

Water Quality Limits

Wetlands

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Nutrients and contaminants

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Nutrients and contaminants overview

Footprint reduction

Reduce E. coli loss

Reducing nitrogen loss

Reducing phosphorus loss

Reduce sediment loss

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Land and soil

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Biodiversity

Critical source areas

Erosion

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Water use

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Water use overview

Milking shed

Meters and monitoring

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Irrigation

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Design and installation

Management and operation

Evaluating

Scheduling

Maintenance

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Effluent

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Effluent system design or upgrade

Effluent storage

Effluent management and operation

Odour management

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Winter grazing

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Cow care in winter

Cultivation

Setting up and grazing

Winter crop paddock selection

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Recycling

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Waste management

Composting dead stock

Dead stock disposal

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Feed

Fundamentals

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Fundamentals overview

Pasture assessments

Managing new pasture

Feed wedges

Leaf stage

Feed values

Pre-graze mowing

Surplus

Spring management

Summer preparation

Summer management

Autumn preparation

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Pasture species

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Pasture species overview

Annual ryegrass

Cocksfoot

Endophytes

Kikuyu

Ryegrass

Tall Fescue

White Clover and alternatives

Cultivar Selection

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Crops

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Cereals

Chicory

Fodder Beet overview

Growing Fodder Beet

Feeding Fodder Beet

Kale

Lucerne

Maize

Plantain

Evaluating Plantain Cultivar

Catch Crops

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Supplements

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Density and Storage

Grass Silage

Maize Silage

Palm Kernel Extract

Supplements Overview

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Pests, weeds diseases

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Black Beetle

Black Field Cricket

Clover Root Weevil

Fall Armyworm

Giant Buttercup

Velvetleaf

Yellow Bristle Grass

Pests and Diseases of Brassicas

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Soil

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Fertility

Paddock selection

Drilling methods

Seed bed preparation

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Fertiliser

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Gibberellic Acid

Managing N fertiliser

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Milking

Milking intervals

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Once a day milking

Early lactation once-a-day (OAD) milking

Full season once-a-day (OAD) milking

Flexible Milking

Twice a day

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Herringbone system

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Herringbone routine

Herringbone MaxT

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Rotary system

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Rotary routine

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Fundamentals

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Teat Preparation and Spraying

Cluster Attachment and Removal

Enhancing Milk Let-Down

Backing Gate

Yard Cleaning

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Milking plant maintenance

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Milk cooling

Pulsation and vacuum

Clusters

Cleaning your milking system

Liners

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New dairy technology

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Herringbone Entry & Exit

Rotary Entry & Exit

Herringbone Bail Pit

Rotary Bail Cupping

Handling facilities

Blueprints Building

Drafting systems

Electronic ID

Inshed Feeding

Automatic Milking Systems

New Dairies and Technology

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Tracks

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Efficient

Building

Intersection

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People

Finding a job on farm

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First steps to working in the dairy sector

Finding the right role for you

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Interview process

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Opportunities for self employment

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Business ownership opportunities

Contract milking

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Equity partnership

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Finding good people

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Insights into finding and keeping good people

The hiring process

Employee onboarding

Immigration

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Employment admin and legal requirements

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Understanding employment legal requirements

Farm policies

Employment agreements

Health and Safety

Employee salary and wages

Payroll

On-farm accommodation

Employee leave and break entitlements

Drug and alcohol policy on-farm

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Building a great team

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Insights and trends for building a great team

Coaching and mentoring employees

Career planning with employees

Personal development and training

Performance management

Wellbeing

Managing conflict, poor performance and misconduct

Leading a great team

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Productive workplace

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Creating a productive workplace

Rosters

Daily and weekly meetings

Managing workflow with Kanban boards

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Workplace organisation

Team communication

Technology in the workplace

Timesheets

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Research

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Case study farms

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Support

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Training

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Crisis and adverse events

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DairyNZ research farms

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Scott Farm

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Waimea catchment

South Canterbury catchment

Hauraki high profitability

Bay of Plenty profitability

Northland research

Taranaki research

Tararua Manawatu plantain

Selwyn Hinds Canterbury profitability

Aparima water quality

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