Feed for Profit

New short course starting 2025

Take control of your pasture and feed management to drive farm profitability and sustainability.

What you’ll learn

You’ll gain practical skills and knowledge to:

• Analyse pasture and feed components of profitable and sustainable dairy farms.
• Plan strategies and targets to optimise pasture growth and utilisation.
• Use DairyNZ tools and technology for pasture and feed management.
• Balance a feed budget to make the best decisions around managing feed requirements.

Who is it for?

The Feed for Profit course is for 2IC’s, farm managers, self-employed farmers, and farm owners with knowledge of pasture plants, rotation lengths, residual targets, and cow intakes. Learners must have access to farm pasture and feed information.

Course details

• Cost: Free
• Format: Short course: Four in-person workshops. Held in between milkings. Small class sizes (limited numbers)
• Qualification: Earn the Feed for Profit in the Dairy Industry Micro-credential (15 NZQA Level 5 credits)

Course requirements

To be eligible for our courses, you must be a New Zealand citizen, or hold a NZ resident visa, or a NZ work visa.

You will be required to complete an assessment to demonstrate your learning. You must bring a laptop (ideally) or device to course days to access course materials, editable documents, and assessments.