Farm inputs & costs

To help farmers make expenditure decisions, Dairy Australia provides updates on key production inputs and costs.

Tractor and trailer spreading silage in a trough

Production inputs monitor

Dairy Australia's Production Inputs Monitor is a monthly update on a range of farm input costs...

Hay and grain

Dairy Australia provides a weekly hay and grain report, and historical data dating back to 1994.

Fertiliser

This graph shows reported Australian fertiliser costs, relative to New Zealand and the...

Water on a dairy farm

Water

Dairy Australia's Production Inputs Monitor was originally the Drought Report, it contains...

Farmer and factory advisor discuss equipment

Other costs

The Dairy Farm Monitor provides valuable profitability data (including costs) for a range of...