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Real progress shared by local farmers and DairyNZ experts

3-5 December 2025, Te Pae, Christchurch

Join us for the Precision Dairy Farming Conference

Wellbeing podcasts

Farmers share their wellbeing stories and tips

Repro and mating

Top tips for detecting heats

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Our purpose

Learn more about DairyNZ’s purpose, and what progressing a positive future for New Zealand dairy farming means to us.

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What's new

Resources for rural professionals

Rural Professional Hub - Now Live

Introducing something new - just for you. Whether you're a veterinarian, consultant, banker, or service provider, the new Rural Professional Hub is your go-to destination for up-to-date tools and resources tailored to your profession.

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New Talking Dairy episode

In 10: New N loss research

New research shows a lower amount of plantain in pasture can significantly cut nitrogen loss. Tune into Talking Dairy in 10 as Kate Fransen shares insights from DairyNZ’s Plantain Potency and Practice Programme.

Listen now

September RAS list update

International sire evaluations

As part of the September run, NZ Animal Evaluation completed an international trait blend for calving difficulty (heifer) and gestation length. You may notice slight changes to Breeding Worth (BW) for some international sires.

Find out more

Spring Smarts

Head into spring with confidence

We've gathered our key spring tools and resources into one handy place to support you with a successful season.

Browse here

Inside Dairy - Step ahead of lameness

Inside Dairy

3 min. read

29 Sep 2025

Inside Dairy - Practical solutions for catchments

Inside Dairy

5 min. read

23 Sep 2025

Upcoming events

Collaborative research efforts to quantify methane emissions

To support farmers in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we’ve teamed up with Irish researchers to quantify methane emissions from dairy cows in pasture-based systems. This collaborative research programme delves into the complexities of methane emissions from grazing cows, aiming to develop more precise emission factors and mitigation strategies for our unique pasture-based systems.

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About us

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Years of science

We’re proud to be working alongside farmers to provide science solutions to farming challenges for more than 15 years.

+ $67m

Invested

In 2022/23 DairyNZ invested $67.25m into programmes and projects that support profitable and sustainable dairy farming, and continue to progress the positive future of our sector.

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Tools and resources

We have a breadth of useful tools and resources available to help farmers run their business throughout the seasons. They are tried and tested and have been developed using the latest science and research.

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Research partners

Working together with others in the sector is an important part of how we collaborate to solve the longer-term challenges.