Managing Your Dairy Farm Footprint

Build the knowledge to measure and reduce your dairy farm’s environmental footprint.

What you’ll learn

• Explore the environmental impacts of dairy farming in New Zealand.
• Understand the rules, the market expectations, and choices around managing your farm footprint.
• Explore practical, cost-effective ways to reduce your farm’s environmental footprint.
• Create a 2–5 year plan to put eco-friendly changes into action — using the latest science and balancing environmental and business goals.

Who is it for?

Farm owners, sharemilkers, farm managers and rural professionals.

Course details

Cost: Free

Format: Four in-person workshops held between milkings, small class sizes led by farmer trainer.

Qualification: Earn the Managing Your Dairy Farm Footprint Micro-credential (Level 5, 15 NZQA credits).

Course requirements

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