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Shed Hygiene

Proven Performers

Developed here in NZ, our range of high strength dairy hygiene products help avoid costly grades.

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Teat Care

Active Performers

Healthy cows perform better. Together with New Zealand's leading range of active teat care products, we can help prevent mastitis.

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Animal Markers

Tried, Tested, and Proven

Animal markers are one of the most effective and easy to use herd management tools. Containing fluorescent pigments for quick identification.

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Animal Health

Reliable solutions

Nutritional supplements to promote peak health in grazing animals.

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Water Quality

How's Your Water Quality?

It's an important factor to any farming business, it can affect many different aspects of your operation; milk quality, livestock health and production.

View products >Quantum Red ACID

Safety Data Sheets

Each SDS contains important information about the safe handling and storage of products in the FIL range.

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News & advice

The 3 C's for effective cleaning in the dairy

The 3 C's for effective cleaning in the dairy

25 Nov 2021

When it comes to dairy hygiene, acid and alkali often get all of the glory, but chlorine is also vital for a variety of cleaning purposes on farm.

View FIL recycling one million litres of rainwater to reduce environmental footprint

FIL recycling one million litres of rainwater to reduce environmental footprint

8 Nov 2021

As a part of an ongoing commitment to reducing their environmental footprint, FIL has installed water filtration systems that will allow them to ...

View Tips to avoid Thermoduric grades over summer

Tips to avoid Thermoduric grades over summer

1 Nov 2021

There is a range of visual inspections you can do to reduce the occurrence of Thermoduric grades. By doing these checks regularly, particularly ...

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What our farmers say

Bellevue Farms: Capturing all of the detail during mating

Dairy farmer Peter Bellamy milks 900 cows in Te Poi with his son Simon, and three other staff. When it comes to heat detection, he sees FIL Detail water-based tail paint as a reliable part of his toolbox.

Peter Bellamy - Waikato

Teamwork makes the dream work for Stratford sharemilkers

Craig and Tracey Fisher are 50/50 sharemilkers, milking 210 cows on 86 hectares at the base of Mount Taranaki. With the combination of FIL teat care products and on-farm support from their local FIL Area Manager, Craig and Tracey are in the right hands when it comes to managing mastitis and putting ...

Craig and Tracey Fisher - Taranaki

Reliable, safe and cost-effective heat detection

Chris and Vickie Thompson have been farming 250 cows on their low-lying dairy farm in Hinuera for 10 years, following 15 years of sharemilking in the local area.

Chris Thompson - Waikato

“Before we changed to FIL we had a shocking season, with 15 demerits. We decided to make the switch, and it’s been a grade free year, this year.”

Dairy farmer Andrew Sillis switched to FIL last season on the back of 15 demerit points in the previous season. The farm has now been grade-free for a year.

Andrew Sillis - Waikato

“I think FIL products are superior. And… we’ll see savings in the long run.”

Sharemilker Jonny Russell likes to do something once and do it right. Changing to FIL teat care and dairy hygiene products last season has proven to be the right move: teat condition is significantly better and the plant is cleaner. He puts this success down to having a better programme and using ...

Jonny Russell - Waikato

Improved teat spray efficiency with the IntelliBlend

Canterbury Sharemilker Mark Hutchins highly recommends FIL’s IntelliBlend teat spray mixer and delivery system, noting that the herd’s somatic cell count evened out straight away. Plus, their drums of solution are lasting at least a week more.

Mark Hutchins - Canterbury

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