Waikato Dairy Farming Benchmarking
Benchmarking trusted by Waikato dairy farmers.
For more than four decades, CooperAitken has been helping Waikato dairy farmers understand their performance through meaningful benchmarking data.
Our annual Waikato Dairy Farming Benchmarking Reports are built from the actual cash trading results of dairy farming clients across the region, providing practical insights into how farms compare across a range of key performance measures. Today, our benchmarking pool includes data from more than 90 Waikato dairy businesses, creating a robust snapshot of the industry’s financial and operational performance.
Benchmarking is more than comparing numbers. It’s about understanding where your business is performing well, identifying opportunities for improvement, and making informed decisions with confidence.
Why benchmark your farm?
- Compare your performance against similar Waikato dairy farming businesses.
- Identify areas of strength and opportunities for improvement.
- Gain greater confidence in business and financial decisions.
- Track progress year-on-year.
Understand what top-performing farms are doing differently.
What’s included in our benchmarking reports?
Our statistics are broken down into four key farming groups:
- Farm Owner/Operators
- Farm Owners with 50/50 Sharemilkers
- 50/50 Sharemilkers
- Farm Owners with Contract Milkers
Each report includes easy-to-read benchmarking summaries, key industry statistics, and performance measures designed to help you assess how your business compares.
The reports give you the insight to move beyond assumptions and make decisions based on real Waikato dairy farm data. Whether you’re: reviewing profitability, planning for growth, or challenging your current performance, benchmarking provides a valuable starting point.
We consider the reports to be a useful and important benchmark for the industry, providing a meaningful statistical analysis of dairy results.
Benchmarking your own farm against these stats will allow you to see the areas of your business which are out performing others and those where you can make changes to increase your profitability.
We believe there is good value in benchmarking your own farm, and we encourage everyone to measure their results against our statistics.
If you would like to look into specific benchmarking and budgeting for your own situation, please contact our team.
Download the latest report below and see how your farm stacks up.
Dairy Farming Benchmarking
We have a long and proud history of supporting the Dairy Industry in the Waikato which is reflective of our annual Waikato Dairy Farming Benchmarking reports that span back over four decades. After some time away from producing our reports, we were excited to revive our stats in 2021.
The reports have been collated by our team from actual cash trading data of our Dairy farming clients throughout the Waikato region. The data collected is then used to work out average statistics and benchmarks across the greater Waikato Dairy Farming region. The stats currently include a data pool of over 90 clients, which we plan to grow year on year.
What’s included in the stats?
The statistics are broken down into four main client groups;
- Farm Owner/Operators
- Farm Owner with 50/50 Sharemilkers
- 50/50 Sharemilkers
- Farm Owner with Contact Milker
Different from our historic statistics, our benchmarking includes a statistics snapshot for each category, which now provides a useful one page summary and benchmarking on personal drawings.
We consider this a useful and important benchmark for the industry, providing a meaningful statistical analysis of dairy results. Benchmarking your own farm against these stats will allow you to see the areas of your business which are out performing others and those where you can make changes to increase your profitability.
There is good value in benchmarking and we encourage everyone to measure their results against our statistics. If you would like to look into specific benchmarking and budgeting for your own situation, please contact our team.
Our Benchmarking reports
Explanation video
Check out our 8 min video to hear how the data is collected, what it means & the benefits of using benchmarking in your business.
