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LIC extends New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards sponsorship

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David Chin, chief executive of LIC, says the co-operative is honoured to reaffirm its involvement in the awards.

LIC has reaffirmed its sponsorship of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) by signing up as a national sponsor for another three years.

The herd improvement co-operative has confirmed its support and sponsorship across the regional and national awards through to 2028.

LIC has also added an impressive GeneMark Genomics prize to the pool for the national winner of the LIC Animal Wellbeing Recording and Productivity Award.

LIC chief executive, David Chin says the co-operative is honoured to continue the long-standing involvement with the awards.

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