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LIC is mourning the passing away of its longest serving staff and one the dairy industry’s most influential scientists.

LIC director Steve Poole will step down at the end of next month.

One of the most unpredictable places to be in a dairy shed is arguably the back end of a cow.

Researchers at Livestock Improvement Corp (LIC) are working with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to piece together a genetic jigsaw of 15 million pieces.

A lot has changed in farming over the last 22 years since LIC launched the production worth (PW) index in 1996, with breeding worth (BW) and lactation worth (LW). 

Picking easy-care cows is about to get a whole lot easier with the first change to the calculation of production worth in 22 years.

The use of New Zealand sourced genetics in LIC and First Light’s joint Wagyu breeding programme is making commercial sense all along the supply chain, the two companies say.

Livestock Improvement Corporation shareholders have voted to simplify the co-op’s share structure.

LIC chairman Murray King has defended the $20 million bill for its transformation process.

A result on LIC’s share simplification vote will be known by 2pm today.