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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Feet firmly planted in mid air

05 March 2018

Often at work, I have reason to pause and reflect on the connections between farming and software development. Most would see them as separate domains with different conditions and rules. I disagree.
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LIC business transformation, sales upturn drives improved trading half-year result

24 February 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - Livestock Improvement Corporation (NZX: LIC) announces its half-year financial results for the six months to 30 November 2017.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Olympics of the animal genetics world’ making its way to New Zealand

19 January 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - More than 1000 delegates from around the world will travel to New Zealand to take part in three prestigious animal recording and genetics conferences in February.
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IT’s not complicated

18 January 2018

This is the first in a series of blogs from our technology team. We want to provide you with insight into the work that goes into MINDA, LIC technology and the passionate people behind this work.
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Somatic cell to be added into cow Production Worth

17 January 2018

MEDIA RELEASE - The equivalent of currency for cows will be updated in February to better reflect the industry’s focus on efficient, high quality milk production.
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Our new website

15 January 2018

We’re excited to share with you our new website. Improving functionality and making it as user-friendly as possible were our main goals! Discover the main changes and improvements here.