Talking Dairy: Less admin, more insights - how benchmarking your business just got easier | Ep. 111

In this episode of Talking Dairy, we explore the latest DairyBase upgrades that make benchmarking faster and easier. DairyBase, our farm benchmarking tool, now connects with Farm Focus – and soon with tools like MINDA and Fonterra – so your financial and herd data flows in with just a few clicks. That means quicker cashflow reports, timely insights, and less time at your desk. Hear from DairyBase manager (and dairy farmer) Jodie Goudswaard, and South Waikato and Lower Waipa area manager Steph Gudgeon – also a dairy farmer and long-time DairyBase user – about how these integrations are already making a difference. Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 2:02 - What is DairyBase? 2:54 - A farmers perspective 4:51 - New time-saving feature: Farm Focus integration 6:19 - How are people using it 7:16 - What data flows and why it helps 8:23 - New DairyBase features coming soon 9:58 - Benchmarking in action 11:15 - Why faster data matters 12:07 - What's next for DairyBase? 14:22 - Final advice 15:49 - Episode summary