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.

Daughter of Izabull
Shades of red & black

19 July 2019

Suit your farm, suit your cows, suit yourself.
SPACE Louise
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.
105038 Mint Edition
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.
Pukeroa
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.
Calf shed
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.
John and Pat Massey
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.
Brendan and Stacey White
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.
Young LIC bulls
The Generation Game

17 June 2019

Find out more about the enhanced evaluation model we’re using to estimate the genetic merit of an animal and its relatives.
Cows on race
Dairy industry receives boost with $25 million sustainable innovation programme

13 June 2019

The programme will drive improvements in the health and wellbeing of the national dairy herd and a step-change in sustainable milk production.
LIC Newstead
LIC Director Election Results

24 May 2019

Farmer-owned co-operative, Livestock Improvement Corporation (NZX: LIC) (LIC), announces the appointment of Ken Hames to its Board following a shareholder election in its Northern Region.
AB tech walking to car
AB tech injuries diminish following national facilities checks

22 May 2019

AB technicians are safer on-farm after a national campaign aimed at improving their work environments produces “outstanding” results.