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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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Francis Koning and AgriManager

How a herd testing routine is helping the Koning Family

12 December 2022

For the last seven years they have been on an efficiency and profitability drive and they rear about 25% replacement calves.

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Using herd test information to improve udder health and milk quality

23 November 2022

LIC Herd Test Business Manager, Taryn Barnett, shares how farmers can utilise key herd test information to improve their herd's udder health and milk quality.

Brad Payne Spring Bulletin 2020

Too busy to herd test in October

20 January 2021

Cambridge dairy farmer and breeder Brad Payne would herd test 10 times a year, but he works as an LIC AB Technician during October so reluctantly sacrifices data he'd get during that month of the year.

Brent Wollaston and Herd Testing

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.

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Drop of milk is due diligence

10 January 2019

Whether it's bad news or a signal of resounding success, what's possible from a drop of milk is ultimately good for the continued viability of the farm.

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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.

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