The infrastructure layer of New Zealand dairy
Terravest builds and operates the systems that protect milk quality at source, before it ever reaches a processor.
We protect milk before it becomes product
Terravest operates across the three domains where milk integrity is won or lost: hygiene, refrigeration, and real-time monitoring.
We now have one integrated framework, built for the part of the value chain that carries the most risk and has historically had the least visibility. Our role is to protect milk from the point that it leaves the cows’ teat until it is picked up by the tanker.
3
companies
1
connected system
100%
NZ farm coverage
each company addresses a distinct dimension of on-farm Milk Quality risk
Dairy shed hygiene & animal health
Real-time dairy plant monitoring & data insights
Pre-cooling, on-farm refrigeration & vats
Premium is no longer defined by story.
It’s defined by proof.
Global food markets are demanding verification, not declarations. Processors want real-time confidence. Farmers need less complexity and less people visiting their farms.
Terravest embeds that verification directly into the production process — protecting not just milk, but the value built on top of it.
‘We have a vision to build an intergenerational NZ Family owned business’
-Kip & Seb Bodle
Kip Bodle
Founder & CEO
Kip has spent two decades across every part of New Zealand dairy. Selling to farmers, working with rural retailers, sitting across the table from processors.
There is a real difference being a privately owned NZ business led by someone who has farming in their DNA. For over 20 years Kip has observed critical changes in how rural product and service companies are dealing with farmers.
He has a belief that we need to double down on innovation, disrupt some outdated business models and build more expertise and service into the milk quality space.
When we do this stuff right, we will create a clear point of difference and add more value to dairy farming customers in the future.
Operating across New Zealand dairy
Aiming to:
6000+
SUPPORT
farms
CARE TAKe
1.12B KG
MILK SOLIDS
PROTECT
$11.15 BILLION
VALUE
industry insights
Perspectives from Kip Bodle on milk quality, why it is relevant to NZ farmers and where things are heading.
We believe it is time to take more notice around where the international trends are heading and how that will shape the way we manage milk on farm in the future.