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How to create a plan (using the Farm Impact Report)
Plans can be used to model a future state/direction for a farm. By using the OverseerFM farm impact report, the plan can be compared to the current state (year end) to show the changes that the far...
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Farm account Benchmarks - compare your farm to others in NZ
Benchmarks show how your farm’s results compare to other farms in OverseerFM. Benchmarks can be seen on the lower right hand side of the farm account home screen. The benchmark graphs show your fa...
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Creating a plan using the Scenario Tool
The scenario tool is designed to support users to develop scenario analyses as part of our focus on supporting sustainable farming. Understanding the magnitude of change in a farm system or ma...
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What is a Publication?
Publications provide a way of sharing an analysis with another organisation, such as your bank, milk company, regional council etc in a "read only" form.This could be used to:submit an analysis to ...
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How do I pay my farm account subscription?
Payments for OverseerFM farm account subscriptions are made by credit card or online banking (POLi) in OverseerFM. (NOTE - May 2026 - we have unfortunately been forced to suspend the use of POLi fo...
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How wetland inputs impact the model
Summary Wetlands can be created as fenced off blocks or as unfenced areas on the farm. Each wetland must define a set of characteristics that are used to determine their efficiency and the catchme...
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How climate data impacts the model
Summary When blocks are drawn, the location of the block is used to determine the monthly rainfall, temperature and potential evapotranspiration (PET) for the block from a NIWA 30-year climate dat...
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How supplements inputs impact the model
Summary Supplements can be purchases, from storage or harvested from blocks. They may be stored and/or fed out to animals while on structure or in blocks. The following diagram depicts what parts ...
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How animal enterprise inputs impact the model
Summary Animal enterprises describe the animals that are on the farm and their production (milk and/or weight gain). For dairy enterprises overall annual milk production is entered. Animals are se...
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How pasture inputs impact the model
Summary Different types of fertiliser can be added to blocks by month. Overseer defines a set of products and their nutrients for the major NZ fertiliser companies. If there is not an appropriat...