Thursday, 17 November 2022 08:55

LIC excited to meet farmers

Written by  Staff Reporters
LIC chief executive David Chin says his team is looking forward to connecting with farmers at the Fieldays. LIC chief executive David Chin says his team is looking forward to connecting with farmers at the Fieldays.

Herd improvement co-operative LIC is excited to meet with its farmer shareholders on stands E78 and E80 at this year's National Fieldays.

Specialists from the co-op's genetics, herd testing, animal health, GeneMark, MINDA, SPACE and FarmWise teams will be available to meet with farmers and support them with their herd improvement decisions.

LIC chief executive, David Chin, says the team is looking forward to catching up with farmers and connecting with the industry following a busy spring season.

"Fieldays is a great opportunity for the dairy industry to come together and I've always enjoyed connecting with our farmers at the event over the years.

"I'm really looking forward to meeting with our farmer shareholders and sharing some of the great work our team is doing to help New Zealand farmers breed the best cows fasters."

This year, LIC will have an innovation area to spotlight its research and development programmes. Here, LIC's scientists will be sharing the cutting-edge work they have underway to support farmers to meet current and future environmental challenges head on, including a low-methane emitting research programme, Resilient Dairy, and a heat tolerant breeding programme.

"We're proud to be one of the largest investors in R&D in the primary sector and this year has seen some particularly exciting results from the programmes we have underway.

"We're excite to showcase some of these results and the value they are delivering on farm at this year's Fieldays," says Chin.

The LIC site will again host a café for its farming families with complimentary coffee, snacks and real fruit smoothies.

For those looking for their next career opportunity, LIC will also have a stand in the Fieldays Careers Hub where they will be highlighting some of the exciting roles they have available both in the Waikato and in other regions across New Zealand.

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