Frequently asked questions

REALM Group New Zealand is the New Zealand website of REALM Group Global. REALM connects farmers, growers and rural communities with machinery, livestock, land, finance and know-how. REALM started in Warragul, Victoria (Australia) and its network of sites covers New Zealand, Australia, America, Canada, Fiji and the Philippines. About us →

Yes. Joining REALM is free. Members can read the Newsletter, join community groups and list items on the marketplace.

Use the Sign in button at the top of any page. Your REALM account works on this site and on the REALM Marketplace — one login for both.

Sign in, open the REALM Marketplace and choose Sell. Pick the country, add photos and details, and pay the one-time listing fee. There is no subscription. Go to the marketplace →

No. Selling on the marketplace is a one-time listing fee per listing. There is no monthly subscription.

Open the listing and unlock the seller’s contact details, or contact our support team with the Listing ID and we’ll pass the seller’s details to you free of charge, usually within 1 business day. Free seller contact request →

Every listing gets a unique Listing ID (for example RLM-AU-123). Type it into the marketplace search box to jump straight to the listing.

New Zealand, Australia, America, Canada, Fiji and the Philippines. Listings are filed under the country the seller picks.

Yes. Listings for land, livestock and broker services must include the relevant licence or permit information before they go live.

There is no REALM office in New Zealand yet; Richard Rowlands in Hamilton is REALM’s local contact. The REALM head office is at 16 Hope Street, Warragul, Victoria 3820, Australia, open Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm Australian eastern time (usually 11am–7pm in New Zealand).

Call +61 419 182 804, email [email protected] or use the contact form. Contact us →

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Yes, through our sister brand Pay In Time Finance: you can apply online for equipment, machinery, land or working-capital finance on their website. We also share plain-English finance guides in the newsletter. REALM itself does not give credit or financial advice. Apply with Pay In Time Finance →

Use our free Farm unit converter: land area, weight, livestock prices, seed, fertiliser and spray rates, litres and gallons, hp and kW, and °C and °F. For example, 1 hectare is about 2.47 acres and 1 kg is about 2.2 lb. Open the Farm unit converter →

Our free Farm words glossary explains farm and sale words used across New Zealand, Australia, America, Canada, Fiji and the Philippines, and what each one is called elsewhere - for example a paddock is a pasture in America, a ute is a pickup and a header is a combine. Open the Farm words glossary →

Yes. The site is built to work with a keyboard, screen readers, zoom and reduced motion, and we test every page on desktop and phone. If something is still hard to use, or you need information in another format, email [email protected] or call +61 419 182 804 and tell us which page it was. Read our accessibility statement →

Use our free Livestock due date calculator: pick cattle, sheep, goats, pigs or horses, enter the mating or joining date and it shows the average due date, the usual range and a “watch from” date, and can add them to your phone calendar. Averages only - your vet knows your animals best. Open the due date calculator →

Use our free Fencing calculator: enter the paddock length and width (or a straight fence length), your post spacing, number of wires, gates and the metres of wire on your roll. It estimates the posts, the wire with a little extra for tying off, the number of rolls and the paddock area in hectares and acres. It is an estimate for flat ground - check with your supplier or contractor before you buy. Open the Fencing calculator →

Yes - free on the website, no account needed: a farm unit converter, a feed budget calculator, a feed cost comparer, a seeding rate calculator, a spray tank mix calculator, a livestock sale value calculator, a silo capacity calculator, a fencing calculator, a livestock due date calculator and a farm words glossary. They work on a phone and nothing you type is stored. See all handy tools →

Use our free Feed budget calculator: enter the number of head, the days you need to feed, their average liveweight, the daily intake (as a % of liveweight), your feed’s dry matter % and wastage, and the weight of one bale. It estimates the tonnes and bales to have on hand. It is a quantity estimate only - talk to your vet or livestock adviser about the ration itself. Open the Feed budget calculator →

Use our free Spray tank mix calculator: enter the area, your water rate (L/ha), tank size and the label rate of up to three products. It shows how many tank loads the job takes and a mixing sheet with the product for every full tank and the part-filled last tank. It only does the arithmetic - always read and follow the product label. Open the Spray tank mix calculator →

Use our free Seeding rate calculator: enter the plants per m² you want, the seed weight (grams per 1,000 seeds) and your germination and establishment %. It works out the seeds to sow, the rate in kg/ha and lb/acre, and the seed and bags for your area. The right plant stand depends on your crop and district, so check with your agronomist or seed supplier. Open the Seeding rate calculator →

Use our free Feed cost comparer: enter each feed’s price per tonne, dry matter % and (if you have it) energy in MJ per kg of dry matter from the feed test. It ranks up to four feeds by cost per megajoule of energy, or per tonne of dry matter, so wet and dry feeds are compared fairly. Price is only part of the choice - ask your nutritionist or adviser about the ration. Open the Feed cost comparer →

Use our free Livestock sale value calculator: enter the head, average liveweight and the price in cents per kg - on liveweight, or on carcase weight with a dressing % - plus commission, levies and freight. It shows the value per head, the total, what you keep after costs and the net c/kg liveweight, so you can compare offers. Use your agent’s or buyer’s quote for the price. Open the sale value calculator →

Our free Farming regions of New Zealand guide covers all 15 regions from Te Tai Tokerau (Northland) to Murihiku (Southland): what each is known for - dairy, sheep and beef, cropping, horticulture, wine, deer and forestry - with the te reo Māori names. Pick a farming type or an island to narrow it down. Open the regional guide →

Our Farm help directory lists the official numbers in one place: 111 for emergencies, the MPI exotic pest and disease hotline, MPI, OSPRI (NAIT and TBfree), the Rural Support Trust, 1737 (free call or text, any time), WorkSafe, and weather, fire-permit and farming-group websites. Numbers were checked on each organisation’s own website. Open the Farm help directory →

Our Public holidays page shows the next one in New Zealand time, the full list for the next 12 months including your province’s anniversary day, and what happens when a holiday falls on a weekend. You can add them all to your phone calendar in one tap. Dates come from Employment New Zealand. Open Public holidays →

You can add the REALM New Zealand site to your phone’s home screen and it opens like an app - free, from your browser, no app store. On the REALM NZ on your phone page you can also save the farm help numbers and the farm calculators on your device, so they still open in the shed or up the back with no signal. Nothing personal is saved. Open REALM NZ on your phone →

Our Te reo Māori on the farm page lists everyday words with plain meanings - for example whenua (land), pātiki (paddock), hipi (sheep), kau (cow), wūru (wool) and the seasons kōanga, raumati, ngahuru and takurua - plus how to say them and flip cards to practise. Every word was checked on Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Open Te reo on the farm →

Use our free Stock units (SU) calculator: enter the head in each class (ewes, hoggets, beef cows, dairy cows, deer, goats and more). Each class starts at a typical New Zealand guide value in SU per head, which you can change for your stock. It shows total SU, SU per effective hectare, the sheep to cattle ratio and how many tonnes of dry matter the farm needs a year - and, if you enter pasture grown, the yearly feed balance. One SU is roughly the yearly feed of a 55 kg ewe rearing a single lamb (about 550 kg DM). Open the stock units calculator →

Use our free Pasture cover and feed wedge calculator: type or paste each paddock from your farm walk (name, hectares and cover in kg DM/ha), then the stock grazing, what each eats, pasture growth, your round length and residual. It shows average pasture cover, whether cover is building or falling, days of feed above residual, the area to graze each day and a feed wedge against your target line. Add last walk's cover as a 4th column to see the growth measured on your own farm, and download the wedge as a CSV for your spreadsheet. It works on your phone, even with no signal once saved. Open the pasture cover calculator →

Use our free Stock water calculator: enter how many milking cows, dry stock, beef cattle, sheep, deer, goats and horses you run. It uses the peak-day or average-day litres per head from the Horizons Regional Council stock water guidelines (you can change any figure), can add 70 L per milking cow for the dairy shed, and shows litres a day, how long a full tank lasts and the pump or spring flow you need to keep up. As a guide, a milking cow can drink about 70 L and a ewe about 4.5 L on a hot peak day. Stock water calculator →

Use our free Milk price and income calculator: enter your cows and kg milksolids (kgMS) a cow - or the total kgMS you supply - and a milk price in $/kgMS. It shows milk income for the season, per cow and per hectare, the low and high end of the forecast, what every 10c/kgMS is worth, and (with your own cost per kgMS) what is left after costs and your breakeven milk price. Fonterra forecast $8.50–$10.50/kgMS for 2026/27, midpoint $9.50 (21/09/2026); other milk companies set their own price. A planning tool only - talk to your accountant or bank before making decisions. Open the Milk price and income calculator →

Use our free Lambing percentage calculator: enter the ewes put to the ram, your scanning results (ewes carrying singles, twins and triplets), lambs tailed and lambs weaned. In New Zealand lambing % is usually lambs tailed (docked or marked) per 100 ewes put to the ram - 1,500 ewes and 2,200 lambs tailed is 147%. It also shows scanning %, how many lambs scanned made it to tailing, weaning %, and what a few more lambs alive at tailing would be worth at your lamb price. The national figure was 131.1% for spring 2025 (Beef + Lamb New Zealand). Open the Lambing percentage calculator →

Use our free Silo capacity calculator: enter the diameter, wall height, hopper cone and roof peak heights and the grain’s bulk density (t/m³). It shows the volume and tonnes when full and, from the grain depth, how much is in it now. Check the maker’s rating plate too - and never enter a silo to measure. Open the Silo capacity calculator →

REALM Group was founded by Robbie McKenzie, its CEO - a farmer who bought his first dairy farm at 20 and was among the first in Australia to sell livestock online in the late 1980s. In 2025 he was named Sustainability Leader of the Year at the FLUXX Awards in Hong Kong. Meet our founder →

Yes. We offer newsletter sponsorships, featured marketplace placements and event partnerships. Partners →

Our solutions are tailored to help farmers, local communities and businesses thrive. We work with people looking for practical support in agriculture and sustainable growth.

REALM Group New Zealand emphasises flexible support and innovative solutions, tailored to fit different farming and business situations.

We support farmers with solutions that encourage more sustainable growth and better long-term outcomes, combining practical support with a greener farming approach.

Yes. Sustainability is part of our core focus, and our agricultural solutions are built to help farmers grow in a greener way.

No. REALM’s head office is in Warragul, Victoria, but this site is made for New Zealand farmers and growers, with New Zealand words, units and seasons. REALM also has sites for Australia, America, Canada, Fiji and the Philippines.

Yes. Flexible support is part of how we serve clients: we tailor our approach to suit different agricultural and business needs.