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Genetics

Improve your herd’s Breeding Worth (BW) and boost your profits when you mate with New Zealand’s top bulls.

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    Bull teams

    Breed for success with our Premier Sires teams and Alpha bulls to see which of New Zealand's top bulls suit your herd.

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    Premier Sires®

    Increase your herd’s genetic value with Premier Sires, a cost-effective and convenient way to mate your herd with New Zealand’s top bulls.

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    Alpha®

    Breed for success with Alpha. Hand-pick highly ranked sires that meet your breeding criteria. Our bull genetics suit any farming systems including once-a-day, high input and A2.

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    Beef bulls and packs

    Take advantage of the growing demand for dairy-beef calves, and increase market opportunities, with our individual beef bulls and Beef Focus Packs.

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    Sexed Semen

    Get more heifer replacements from your best performers

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    Focus Teams

    Our Focus teams help farmers select the best genetics for variable milkings and high input feed systems, with Polled Focus packs for breeding polled genetics.

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    Maximise mating

    Maximise income potential with different mating options like Short Gestation Length (SGL) semen and various dairy beef breeds.

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    Short gestation length semen

    Boost profits with a condensed calving period, more days in milk and more recovery time. Our teams of selectively bred bulls will reduce gestation length by an average of 12 days.

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    A2 bulls

    Meet the growing demand for A2/A2 milk by using our A2 bull team to breed A2/A2 cows.

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    Genomic Wealth

    We’ve been investing in genomics since the 1990s with a focus on increasing the rate of genetic gain in New Zealand dairy animals.

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    Environmental indexes

    Learn more about our HoofPrint® and BeefPrint® indexes which rank our artificial breeding bulls on their environmental efficiency.

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    LIC Herd Statistics

    Read the latest Single Step Animal Model (SSAM) Index averages and percentages, taken from the Genomic Evaluation Run.

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    Heat detection

    Identify more cows in heat and improve your artificial insemination (AI) rates with our heat detection patches.

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    Heat Patch Application

    Get the most out of your LIC heat patches by following these tips.

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    Sire Proving Scheme

    Our Sire Proving Scheme is a rigorous, four-year programme that has been producing genetically superior bulls since 1961.

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    Organic semen

    Breed organic dairy cows using our BioGro New Zealand certified semen, which is suitable for organic dairy farms.

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    Crossbreeding with KiwiCross®

    Get the best traits from the two main dairy breeds with our KiwiCross bulls.

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    Jersey Future

    Get early access to promising young Jersey bulls and protect the breed’s future.

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    Inbreeding and recessive genes

    Inbred animals are less productive and more likely to have genetic disorders. We can help you keep inbreeding at acceptable levels.

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    Breeding Worth calculator

    Calculate your herd’s Breeding Worth (BW) to get a good indication of how well your animals performed this season.

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