Chinese strategy
OPINION: Fonterra may have sold its dairy farms in China but the appetite for collaboration with the country remains strong.
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Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:55
Moving from bobby to beef calves
Dairy farmers are moving away from breeding bobby calves in favour of producing the quality dairy/beef calves needed by beef farmers.
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General News
Thursday, 29 June 2017 09:55
Top Jersey cow sells for $10,000
Top quality Jersey cows sold at an average of $5364 at the recent Jersey Pride Elite Jersey sale in Wellington.
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Agribusiness
Thursday, 01 June 2017 12:55
Surprise award for bull testers
LIC Sire Proving Scheme (SPS) Farmers of the Year Bryan and Suzanne Jackson have been in the programme for 18 years.
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General News
Thursday, 01 June 2017 10:55
Ross elected to LIC board
North Otago farmer Matt Ross has been elected to the LIC board for a four-year term.
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Agribusiness
Wednesday, 31 May 2017 10:55
Selecting sires to benefit all farmers
LIC chairman Murray King says the co-op – owned by dairy farmers and sharemilkers – doesn’t prescribe what is right for individual farmers.
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General News
Saturday, 15 April 2017 06:55
More milk from same number of cows
LIC’s herd improvement roadshow last month attracted about 1500 farmers nationwide.
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Management
Friday, 03 March 2017 08:55
Technology picks out ‘passengers’ in herds
Dairy farmers with herringbone sheds can now make use of a new LIC Automation YieldSense app to help them determine during milking which cows are producing the best or the worst on any given day.
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Machinery & Products
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 11:55
Online dashboard compares all farm results
Farmers can now benchmark their farm performances on a national scale, thanks to a new online tool.
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General News
Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:25
Fonterra, LIC team up
Fonterra and LIC are in the final stages of developing an online tool, Agrigate, designed specifically to help farmers improve their farm performance through the use of their existing data.
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General News
Thursday, 15 December 2016 13:20
10,000th bull tagged
A milestone 55 years in the making was passed in a split-second: with one clamp of a tag punch LIC tagged its 10,000th sire proving scheme (SPS) bull calf.
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Agribusiness
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