MAKING IT EASIER

Simplifying your farm admin

Find out how we’re working to save farmers several hours of compliance paperwork.

YOUR CHALLENGE

We've heard you. 
You need time back for what matters most to you.

The average farmer can spend several hours per week working on compliance admin. That’s a big chunk of productive farm time spent in the office - but new solutions are starting to give farmers that time back.

Our goal is to halve the amount of time you spend on collecting what’s needed for assessments, recording data and completing related tasks.

Across 8,200 farms in the Co-op, this adds up to one million hours saved, or around 120 hours per farm.

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PROBLEMS TO SOLVE

You have told us these are your biggest pain points

Farmers just like you have told us what to improve to reduce admin time and make things better for them.  These are the pain points.

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Data Connections

WHAT FARMERS TOLD US:

“I spend too much time giving the same data to many different suppliers – including Fonterra. Too much duplication and no one talks to each other.”
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Farm Dairy Assessments

WHAT FARMERS TOLD US:

“Farm Dairy Assessments are stressful, time-consuming, and confusing. We struggle to find and collate all information needed for our assessment.”
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Farm Dairy Records

WHAT FARMERS TOLD US:

“It’s frustrating to find, enter and check all the data that regulators, Fonterra and others ask for. And we have to do it all in June at the last moment.”
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Co-operative Difference

WHAT FARMERS TOLD US:

“The Co-operative Difference dashboard is hard to use and time consuming.

It gets confusing, your not sure if it’s for the current season or previous season.”

TARGET FOR 2026 SEASON

Save 1 million hours of admin time

We’re going to reduce the burden of compliance on you, saving you time, money and stress.

Our goal is to halve the time you spend on getting things together, recording data and completing compliance-related tasks.

YOUR DATA

Why we ask for your data

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Why we ask for your data

 

We know we’re asking for quite a wide range of information but it’s because our customers have high standards for food quality. 

Fonterra’s customers such as Mars and Nestlé value the compliance data you provide because it gives them confidence in the verified, sustainable milk we supply and helps them meet their promises to consumers.

COMING UP

What’s coming up next.

NOVEMBER 2025

The Farm Dairy Records process is open all year round, so you can record tasks during the year when the data’s complete and it suits your timings.

Monthly Hygiene Checks can be started on your phone and it autosyncs to your desktop computer so you can conveniently finish them off at home.

Built a new on-farm vegetation Carbon Removals Tool helps you with emissions reporting and reduction efforts.

Your Farm Dairy Assessment Checklist accepts larger files of any type, making it easier to upload your records before assessment time.

Improvements to the Farm Source website navigation makes it easier for you to find information.

JANUARY 2025

A new test version of the Dairy Diary App that makes data capture easier for you and offers you more functionality.

Need some help?

For help with all parts of simplifying your admin contact your Farm Support and Relationship Advisor or if you have a specific question for our Service Centre, you can reach them on 0800 65 65 68.

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