News

Keep up-to-date with the latest news from us and our farmers. We’ll also be sharing tips from experts across the business and how our services and solutions can add value to your farm.

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17 August 2018

Feed Tight? Hold Tight!

Many farms are struggling with wet soils making for slower growth rates and poorer utilisation.

15 August 2018

Upcoming MINDA outage

We need to carry out some important work on our database later this month which unfortunately requires MINDA to go offline.

15 August 2018

LIC’s Murray King named Co-operative Leader of the Year

MEDIA RELEASE: Farmer owned co-operative LIC is pleased to announce its board chairman Murray King has been named Co-operative Leader of the Year at the Co-operative Business NZ Awards 2018.

27 July 2018

Why do I have fewer AB heifer calves than I expect?

On average 50% of calves born are heifers, however, each year some dairy farms end up with far fewer heifers born from AB matings than expected. Why is this?

19 July 2018

Record revenue underpins LIC annual result

MARKET STATEMENT: LIC’s financial results for the year ending 31 May 2018.

11 July 2018

Update on share simplification implementation

MARKET STATEMENT: On 14 March 2018, Livestock Improvement Corporation LIC shareholders approved the proposal to simplify LIC’s share structure by bringing its existing two classes of shares together into a single class.

10 July 2018

Elite quality and extreme depth make exceptional teams

Use our Premier Sires to ensure the latest generation of young replacements entering your herd are adding genetic gain.

02 July 2018

Big plaudits for LIC bulls

The Holstein-Friesian and Jersey breed societies of New Zealand recently awarded LIC bulls for their top industry status.

21 June 2018

PW change-up

The PW mix now contains five production values, with somatic cell count now complementing fat, protein, volume, and liveweight. This may change in-herd cow rankings. We explain the logic.

20 June 2018

BCS & feed management a focus in lead-up to mating

Keen on reversing an increasing empty rate trend over recent seasons, here's one Canterbury manager's approach to mating this season, which combines automation technologies with disciplined, proven, management practices.

19 June 2018

Nip infection in the bud, set your heifers up

The first herd test of the season can help improve udder health and milk quality across the herd. Taryn Barnett, LIC herd test business manager, explains how.

13 June 2018

Getting AB facilities up-to-scratch

Is your farm gold, silver, bronze or non-compliant in its AB standards? We talk to Bobby Dean who oversees two farms with AB facilities at both ends of the spectrum.