Tips and advice

Our experts share advice about how to make your herd more profitable and your farm more successful. From tips about how to get your cows in-calf early to understanding somatic cell counts, we care about your success.

By increasing the number of lactations a cow is present in your herd can you increase productivity and reduce your nitrogen loss risk and methane emissions?

In short - Yes.

Reproduction – breed more productive animals

Tips and resources to maximise your herd’s reproductive performance.

Vet Resources

Information and resources to help vets understand LIC products and services.

Herd testing advice

Get the information you need to manage your herd and boost milk quality and production.

Thinking of going ‘no bull’?

Under the current state of heightened biosecurity in New Zealand, there are indications that more farmers this year will be going ‘no bull’.

What's in a drop of milk?

As the NZ dairy industry reaches peak cow numbers, farmers are increasingly focused on cow quality over cow quantity.

Wet weather spring tips

FarmWise consultants Ken Bartlett, Brent Boyce and Geoff Campbell have pulled together their top tips for managing a wet spring.

Gestation length and calving difficulty

Expected calving dates are important for a number of herd management practices such as spring feed budgeting, mob allocation, and understanding when things will be busy on farm.

6 Tips for success

Read our monthly 6 tips newsletters, designed to give insights around reproduction in dairy farming businesses. These handy and timely tips include anything from reminders to new discoveries.

Once a day milking

Before setting a farm system up there are many considerations that must be discussed, one of the most important being in regards to milking frequency.

Look after your most important asset - you.

Mental wellness is a complicated subject.