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SPACE Louise

In the SPACE™ race

08 July 2019

Top Otorohanga farmer Louise Collingwood can see a day when the lifetime performance of her paddocks will be ranked much in the same way as Production Worth ranks the lifetime performance of her cows.

Geoff Sewell

SPACE: The view from on high

22 May 2019

NZ Dairy Exporter spoke to sharemilkers Geoff and Alicia Sewell about our satellite pasture measurement service, SPACE.

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LIC pushes back

24 April 2019

NZ Dairy Exporter spoke to LIC chief scientist, Richard Spelman, about the dairy herd improvement regulatory review.

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Improving our SPACE™ pasture measurement service

08 November 2018

Find out what work we've been doing on our SPACE™ service to further improve the accuracy of the pasture cover measurements.

SPACE

Innovation to underpin LIC’s future growth

18 October 2018

The future growth and sustainability of the New Zealand dairy industry will be underpinned by innovation and investment in research and development (R&D).

Craig Smith

Sky-High: SPACE™ Now the new frontier in pasture management

10 April 2018

Getting a gauge on grass growth is about to get a whole lot easier. Paddock-by-paddock, you can now get an automatic reading from your mobile device or desktop. We explain how this solution flies on one Canterbury farm.

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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).

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