SOUTHERN DAIRY HUB

Our purpose is leading innovation for southern farmers prosperity.
We do this through research and demonstration.

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SOUTHERN DAIRY HUB

Our purpose is leading innovation for southern farmers prosperity.
We do this through research and demonstration.

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Why we’re here

The Southern Dairy Hub is a 349ha commercial scale Research dairy farm at Wallacetown near Invercargill.

Created by collaborative ownership between Southern Farmers’ & Businesses donations (via Southern Dairy Development trust) and Industry (DairyNZ), Research (AgResearch) to purchase and convert the property now owned by and known as the Southern Dairy Hub.

What we do

We deliver research projects that provide future-focused farm ready information for southern - and all of New Zealand - farmers.

Our research at the Hub centres around farm systems comparative research at scale. We focus on profitability, animal behaviour, physiological differences, environmental outcomes and feed.

Our Vision

Be the most trusted research and demonstration hub for southern – and all New Zealand - farmers

Our Mission

To provide economic, social and environmentally sustainable solutions for southern dairy farmers and our community

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Autumn Newsletter

April 24th 2025Welcome to our latest newsletter from the Southern Dairy Hub. As we transition from autumn into winter preparations, we've been facing a season of extremes – higher temperatures paired with unusualRead more

Christmas Newsletter

December 19th 2024As 2024 draws to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on what has been an incredibly productive year for the Southern Dairy Hub. It's been a year of growth, collaboration and excitingRead more

Summer Newsletter

November 18th 2024Kia ora and welcome to our summer newsletter! We’ve had a busy few months, navigating the challenges of September’s wet weather while making great progress on our exciting initiatives andRead more

Early-spring Newsletter

August 2nd 2024Kia ora and welcome to our early-spring newsletter! We've had a busy and productive few months, and I'm excited to share some of our key highlights and upcoming initiatives with you. The farmRead more

Media Release: Southern Dairy Hub simplifying their operating and governance model

May 31st 2024Simon Flood, SDH Chair, said “the Hub is celebrating its sixth anniversary in June, and it’s an opportune time to take the Hub to the next level. This is a natural evolution, where the originalRead more

Dry-off newsletter

May 10th 2024Things are busy on farm as we set up for our farm system trial (more details in the newsletter), dry cows off that are light in condition and trying to manage body conditions score to ensure cows areRead more

Autumn Newsletter

March 7th 2024The weather has certainly provided challenges with managing grass quality and finding the weather windows to cut surplus feed. Like many farmers we have made more baleage than normal this summer,Read more

Merry Christmas from Southern Dairy Hub 🎄

December 19th 2023Thank you to everyone for their support of the Southern Dairy Hub in a year where we celebrated our five-year anniversary in June. We wouldn’t be where we are today without the support and generosiRead more

Summer Newsletter

November 20th 2023I’m four months into my new role and I’m loving it. It’s really busy – but in a good way. We’re set up for a good season with grass growth and we’re making gains in production.Read more

October 2023 Field Day Update

October 18th 2023For those of you that were able to make the SDH Field Day last week, it was wonderful to catch up and thank you for being so engaged and asking such great questions.Read more

October Newsletter

October 3rd 2023Firstly, hello! I recently started as the new General Manager at the SDH in July and it’s been a big few months of learning about the Hub and the amazing research work on the working and fullyRead more

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611 Ryal Bush Wallacetown Road
RD4, Southland 9874

Fonterra Supply Number 31445