Customer-funded on-farm solutions are available to all farmers who achieve any level of Fonterra's Co-operative Difference in the 2025/26 season
Funding is available for a range of options designed to help you monitor and improve herd health and productivity.
LIC herd improvement services that are available for a payment of up to $1,500 depending on activity include:
Fourth herd test
Funding for your fourth herd test to help you monitor cow performance, identify top-performing animals and make better informed culling and breeding decisions.
Find out more about herd tests
Johne's disease milk testing
Our Johne's disease testing identifies high-risk cows so you can make culling and other management decisions to minimise the spread of the disease. Funding is available for tests carried out on milk samples.
Find out more about Johne’s disease milk tests
BVD testing
Identify and remove persistently infected animals in your herd to prevent ongoing transmission of BVD. Funding is available for BVD tissue testing of any replacement calves in the 2025/26 season.
Find out more about BVD calf testing
GeneMark® Genomics testing
DNA parentage testing and genomic evaluation in one simple and convenient service to help you identify your highest genetic merit animals and improve your herd.
Funding will be applied for GeneMark Genomic testing in the 2025/26 season and can also include the cost of the tissue punch units and the tissue sampler.
Find out more about GeneMark Genomics
Sexed semen straws
Utilise sexed semen to target your herd's mating plan and increase the chances of obtaining a replacement calf from your best performing cows. Funding is available for sexed straws within the 2025/26 season.
Find out more about Sexed semen
