MINDA tech

Go high tech or hit the highway

28 August 2019

It’s easy to over-use sporting analogies when talking about farming but right now the dairy industry is truly facing a game of two halves.
Milk Vat

Making the most of the forecast milk price - don't blow the budget

28 August 2019

The budget was set back in April. Have you looked at it since? This season we have the opportunity to make financial progress on farm.
Computer chip

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.
Annual results calf

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
Milking in rotary shed

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?
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.
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.