AB facilities

Improving AB facilities to improve mating results

18 April 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - One of the most unpredictable places to be in a dairy shed would arguably be the back-end of a cow.
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Is she? Is she not? Test her pregnancy through her milk.

18 April 2018

Ray Curtin just wants to know who's in-calf - aged-pregnancies don't matter to him. The humble herd test can help.
Farmer on quad with cows

LIC receives Ministerial approval for share simplification proposal

12 April 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - LIC has received Ministerial approval from the Minister of Agriculture to proceed with the proposed changes to the co-operative’s constitution.
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LIC Director to step-down by rotation

12 April 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - Livestock Improvement Corporation confirms Steve Poole has chosen not to seek re-election and will step-down from the Board of Directors, effective 31 May 2018.
Craig Smith

Sky-High: SPACE™ Now the new frontier in pasture management

10 April 2018

Getting a gauge on grass growth is about to get a whole lot easier. Paddock-by-paddock, you can now get an automatic reading from your mobile device or desktop. We explain how this solution flies on one Canterbury farm.
Murray King 3

LIC gets the green light from shareholders for share simplification proposal

14 March 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - Following a Special Meeting held today the Board of Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NZX: LIC) (LIC) announced it received shareholder support to proceed with its proposal to simplify LIC’s share structure.
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LIC puts its weight behind A2 market

23 February 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - Herd improvement and agri-technology co-operative LIC launches a new team of elite A2 bulls supported by genotype testing.
Cows grazing

LIC Board proposes simpler, fairer share structure

09 February 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - The LIC Board (NZX: LIC) (LIC) has released its proposal to simplify LIC’s share structure by bringing the farmer-owned co-operative’s existing two classes of shares together into a single class.
SPS bulls arrive on farm

Next generation of top bulls land in Hamilton

07 February 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - The busy calving period is well and truly wrapped up for most dairy farms but for the country’s largest supplier of dairy genetics, the annual influx has just begun.
Wayne Reynolds, LIC shareholder councillor

Reconfigured PW appeals for simplicity’s sake

05 February 2018

The PW of mastitis-prone cows is likely to drop from February 17, when the index traits in a newly-introduced SCS production value. This article profiles how the re-calculation is being welcomed by an LIC shareholder councillor.
PW curious cow

Making PW more relevant

02 February 2018

Production Worth (PW) is an important part of herd improvement. We thought it was time to take a closer look at the index to ensure it’s relevant for today’s dairy farmers.
Michelle and Bill Burgess on their Te Poi farm

New PW trait gets nod of approval

25 January 2018

Leading farmers endorse inclusion of SCC as part of the new Production Worth (PW) equation