Dairy NSW Programs
Dairy NSW programs deliver practical, actionable training, tools and consultation on topics that matter to dairy farm businesses.
Dairy NSW programs reflect the organisation's five strategic priorities:
Animal health and wellbeing programs
Cups On, Cups Off
This three-session program covers milking processes, mastitis prevention and control as well as practical training in best practice milk harvesting, detection and treatment of clinical mastitis.
Euthanase Livestock
This one-day program covers how to safely, effectively and humanely euthanase livestock. Helps meet the high expectations of industry and community, work within animal welfare laws and ensure best welfare for animals.
Healthy Hooves
This program covers hoof management, lameness prevention and practical strategies for improving hoof health. It is available on demand for discussion groups and groups of farmers.
In Charge Fertility
This program covers how to develop a farm business fertility management plan and improve your herd's fertility over time. Includes joining times, semen selection, dry cow and springer management, calf rearing and more.
Rearing Healthy Calves
This program covers how-tos of successful calf rearing, including calving , ensuring cows calve successfully, calf rearing and growing dairy heifers.
Heifers on Target
This program covers maximising the potential of heifers entering the milking herd. Includes practical tips and industry tools to regularly monitor heifer performance. Delivered on-farm by a specialised veterinarian to groups of farmers.
Heifers on Target online calculators and growth guides are available on the Heifers on Target page.
Transition Cow Management
This program covers developing a structured transition cow management nutrition program to help increase milk production and returns per cow.
Feedbase and animal nutrition
Feeding Pastures for Profit
This program helps dairy farmers to improve profit with use of more home grown pasture and efficient use of supplements.
Nutrition Fundamentals
Information on nutrition management for farm productivity and herd health is available from the Nutrient Management page.
Top Fodder
Dairy Australia has revamped the original Top Fodder courses and have developed a two-day workshop that covers the science of silage.
Advanced Nutrition in Action
The goal of the Advanced Nutrition in Action training program is to enable farmers to improve herd nutrition practices by providing technical knowledge, problem solving and strategic planning skills, along with tools to develop and implement appropriate, nutrition-related management strategies which support personal and business goals.
People workforce capability
Young Dairy Network
The NSW Young Dairy Network supports leadership opportunities and builds social networks for young dairy farmers.
Outcomes include:
- Increased networking opportunities and awareness of opportunities currently available to young farmers
- Generate more interest in further training and boost skills and confidence
- Engaging and coordinating opportunities for personal and professional development
Register for the Young Dairy Network program.
More information is available on the DairyNSW Young Dairy Network page.
Cows Create Careers
Program for secondary students to care for dairy calves and learn about the dairy industry. Promoting career and education opportunities.
More information available from the Cows Create Careers website
ESKi People Management
This program includes a series of workshops and online webinars around leave, entitlements, terminations and legalities to help set your employment processes up right.
Farm Safety Starter Kit
This program includes on-farm open days for farmers to see the latest safety tools and resources available.
Download the Farm Safety Starter Kit from the People in Dairy website.
Land, water and carbon
Cool Cows
Tools, information and resources on managing heat stress in cows available at Cool Cows.
Farm business management
Taking Stock
This program involves one-to-one support for dairy farmers with experienced dairy advisors, helping to prepare for the season ahead.
Contact DairyNSW to register your interest.
Farm Business Management Fundamentals
This two to three-session program focuses on farm financial management and covers:
- Annual farm financial numbers, budgeting, compliance and farm finance systems
- Includes training in Standard Chart of Accounts and Dairy Cash Management Planner tools
Read about the detailed course outline.
Dairy Farm Business Analysis
This program covers training in DairyBase, understanding DairyBase reports and making this online tool work for dairy farmers and their business.