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Welcome to Dairy Training

We offer practical, easy-to-access training that is designed with dairy farmers, for dairy farmers. Get ahead with our free NZQA short courses that work around your schedule.

 

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Trusted dairy training providers

Build your skills, boost your confidence, and keep your career moving forward.

You can trust our training. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) rates us as a Category 1 provider, showing high confidence in our performance and capability.

Since 2002, we’ve been helping dairy farmers and rural professionals grow through quality training. As a self-funded subsidiary of DairyNZ, we’re focused on doing what’s best for the sector – and for you.

New course: Emerging Leadership

Learn team leadership skills and improve performance.

New course: Feed for Profit

Learn pasture and feed management skills to drive farm profitability and sustainability.

New course: Farm Environmental Planning

Develop a freshwater management action plan for your farm.

Browse our range of short courses

We offer a range of short courses every spring and autumn, around the country and online. They are taught by tutors who are experienced dairy farmers, with small class sizes for a personalised experience.

Emerging Leadership

Emerging Leadership

Learn team leadership skills and improve performance.

Feed for Profit

Learn pasture and feed management skills to drive farm profitability and sustainability.

Contract Milking

Contract Milking

Understand contracts and budgeting to set yourself up for success in contract milking.

Business by the Numbers

Learn practical techniques to manage dairy farm business financials.

Write a Business Plan

Learn how to create a business plan for your dairy farm business.

Farm Environmental Planning

Develop a Freshwater Management Action Plan for your farm.

It takes a range of practical and technical skills to farm. Ultimately as contract milkers we’re self-employed but we’re also a service provider to another business. So understanding things like contracts is important as it’s the foundation of how your business is going to operate and how the relationship is going to work.

Matt Hoets

Contract Milker, Dairy Training student

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