Genetic improvement is cumulative and permanent

The value of genetic improvement

20 December 2017

Dairy NZ's Dr Jeremy Bryant provides an impartial summary about genetic gain and its implications.
Dave Hale, LIC national AB manager

Now’s a good time to improve AB facilities

20 December 2017

A common factor among farmers who get great AB results is the quality of their AB facilities.
Richard Ridd - Manawatu-Rangitikei

Shareholder councillor profiles: Richard Ridd

20 December 2017

Getting to know your LIC shareholder councillors – your advocates, your voice. Manawatu-Rangitikei (Ward 14).
Protrack gates will help draft performers from non-performers and empties etc.

Sort the wheat from the chaff

20 December 2017

Greg Hamill, LIC genetics business manager, shares some thoughts for farmers to consider in the New Year.
Wise ways to get through summer

Wise ways to get through summer

20 December 2017

Hawke’s Bay FarmWise manager Dean Edwards provides an overview of a farm management strategy for the summer dry.
Malcolm Ellis

If we can't have more cows, let's have better cows.

20 December 2017

Malcolm Ellis, dairy farmer and LIC GM NZ Markets says farmers will need a different approach if they’re to strive for continued success in the coming years.
Satellite above earth large Space

Pastures from SPACE™: Satellite technology signals game changer for kiwi farmers

13 December 2017

MEDIA RELEASE - Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) announce the launch of an innovative satellite technology called SPACE (Satellite Pasture and Cover Evaluation).
Repro shot

Think ahead: Take the path to spring repro success

05 December 2017

This calving, avoid placing spring tasks on the back-burner ... take your opportunities now to set your herd up for a great mating, says Nicola Hemming, LIC reproduction solutions advisor.
Milking Shed

More milk per cow, fewer cows: latest dairy stats

27 November 2017

MEDIA RELEASE - Over the 12 months to June 2017, the average dairy cow produced more litres of milk containing more kilograms of milksolids than ever before.
LIC bulls

LIC bulls given all clear from M.bovis

03 November 2017

MEDIA RELEASE - LIC has confirmed its artificial breeding bulls are free from the Mycoplasma bovis cattle disease.
LIC Newstead

LIC: Dairy industry not immune to disruption

26 October 2017

MEDIA RELEASE - New Zealand dairy farmers have a global edge in terms of productivity and profitability, but the industry needs to remain ambitious about keeping that edge against the best in the world.
AB - Jersey Future

Latest herd mating statistics show calving pattern improvements

17 August 2017

MEDIA RELEASE - New herd reproduction data released by LIC shows good news for the industry and some areas of opportunity for the upcoming mating period.