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Illustrious the bull 60th animal to be inducted into Hall of Fame

14 May 2024

An elite Holstein Friesian bull, Farside M Illustrious S3F, has been inducted into the “Hall of Fame”.
Integrity breeders

Standout Jersey bull receives top honour at annual breeder awards

09 May 2019

A “one of a kind” Jersey bull, Okura Integrity, has received a Hall of Fame honour for the profound influence he has had on the profitability of New Zealand’s dairy farmers and in-turn, the economy.
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KiwiCross – The best of both worlds

09 November 2018

Four years ago LIC purchased 83 of the very best Crossbred bull calves in the country. Now we’re seeing ‘the best of the best’ emerge, promising positive influence on dairy cow performance for generations to come.
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Jersey Dominance

09 November 2018

With more than half the bulls on the RAS list now straight Jersey, the breed is certainly punching well above its weight – particularly given the context the breed makes up just 10% of the national dairy herd.
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Sweet as Holstein-Friesians

08 November 2018

Dairy NZ’s ‘Ranking of Active Sires’ (RAS) list currently has your co-operative basking in some outstanding statistics. As it stands 9/10, 18/20 and 43 of the top-50 black and white bulls belong to you!
Cheese

Milksolid matters: Fat-to-protein values get close to parity

30 October 2018

In early September, New Zealand Animal Evaluation Ltd (NZAEL), a subsidiary of DairyNZ, officially released the new economic weightings that are set to contribute to overall Breeding Worth calculations from early 2019.
Breeders Day

New Zealand’s top bull breeders celebrated at annual awards

30 May 2018

MEDIA RELEASE: Some of the country’s top bull breeders came together in Hamilton last week (23 May) to celebrate their contribution to the New Zealand dairy industry.
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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.
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.