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.

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Friesian graduates

12 November 2019

These bulls were born in 2015, the result of some excellent mating decisions made back in 2014.

Summer planning

11 November 2019

What resources are needed if the summer is great, average, or poor?

LIC recognised for helping to protect national herd from Mycoplasma bovis

05 November 2019

LIC calls for NZ to remain vigilant to protect against M. bovis after taking home an award for its response to the outbreak at this year’s Biosecurity Awards.

Balance date

23 October 2019

We are now well into October and pasture production is heading in the right direction.

Use it or lose it

22 October 2019

We are heading into one of the most important parts of the season when your management ability can influence a large part of milking season. This is of course, how you manage your pastures to maximise energy harvested.

Planning for a sustainable season

07 October 2019

With much media debate and heated discussion regarding the industry’s environmental footprint it could be easy to lose sight of many controllable on-farm factors that will be part of the solution to delivering sustainability.

Robotics set to transform 50-year-old herd testing process

04 October 2019

New bespoke robotic technology will revolutionise a key part of our herd testing operations and deliver benefits on and off farm.

LIC embracing dairy’s data-driven future to drive growth

03 October 2019

Our strategic focus on innovation led growth and how data would fuel that growth was a key topic discussed at our Annual Meeting in New Plymouth

LIC appoints new Chief Information Officer

25 September 2019

We’re pleased to announce Andrea Black has been appointed as our new Chief Information Officer.

Repro Refresher

12 September 2019

It is mid-September and as calving draws to a close it is time to ensure mating plans are in place.

Teaching some big lessons

06 September 2019

The demonstration farm that’s teaching some big lessons. Having the right systems in place is helping Owl Farm share their improvements with New Zealand’s farmers.

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.