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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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LIC chooses Umbrellar, ETP & Microsoft Azure to future-proof technology platform

20 August 2019

With 183 servers, more than 120 terabytes of data from three different data centres, supporting 20 applications, including essential legacy software described as the crown jewels of the New Zealand dairy industry.

LIC wins ‘Co-operative Business of the Year’ award at this year’s Co-operative Business Awards.

LIC recognised for significant and positive impact in co-op community

16 August 2019

LIC has taken home the ‘Co-operative Business of the Year’ award at this year’s Co-operative Business Awards.

LIC annual result reflects performance, profitability turnaround

24 July 2019

LIC’s financial results for the year ending 31 May 2019. For all the numbers and analysis, visit www.ayearinreview.lic.co.nz

How few can we do? The evolution of flexible milking frequency

24 July 2019

How many milkings are needed in a pasture based dairy cows’ lactation to optimise productivity and profitability?

Shades of red & black

19 July 2019

Suit your farm, suit your cows, suit yourself.

In the SPACE™ race

08 July 2019

Top Otorohanga farmer Louise Collingwood can see a day when the lifetime performance of her paddocks will be ranked much in the same way as Production Worth ranks the lifetime performance of her cows.

Father and son sire duo take spoils at breed society progeny awards

04 July 2019

The old adage ‘like father, like son’ has never been truer at this year’s Boehringer Ingelheim Progeny Competition, with all six teams of the winning progeny sired by father - son duo - Fairmont Mint Edition and San Ray FM Beamer.

LIC bulls receive top industry accolades from breed societies

04 July 2019

Two LIC bulls have won both the Holstein Friesian and Jersey breed societies’ premier accolades at their respective annual conferences.

Spring into calving

03 July 2019

Apparently it’s winter. But at the time of writing this, we’ve enjoyed a very kind May and a benign June.

Sire proving scheme farmers of the year - 2019 winners

28 June 2019

The latest Animal Evaluation run places John and Pat Massey’s 160-strong herd in the country’s top-2% and top-3% in Breeding Worth and Production Worth respectively.

Downsizing opens gate to A2/A2 farm

24 June 2019

He’s a dairy farmer with a passion for breeding, striving to be “at the front of the game.” She’s a converted city-girl who fell in love with the dairy farmer, despite her aversion to typical milk.

Holstein friesian cows grazing in long grass 3

Protein & fat a balancing act

20 June 2019

The landmark changes to Breeding Worth in February had a big impact on the Holstein-Friesian breed, and I know this first hand, having been brought up on a farm that exclusively milks Holstein Friesians.