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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.

Published in 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.

Published in 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.

Published in General News

Thursday, 15 December 2016 13:20

10,000th bull tagged

LIC’s 10,000th bull, Arkan MGH Believer, with breeders Stewart and Kathryn Anderson.

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.

Published in Agribusiness

Thursday, 03 November 2016 13:35

Dairy farmers breeding more dairy/beef calves

Project manager for the Dairy Beef Integration Project, Doug Lineham.

Dairy farmers are moving away from breeding bobby calves in favour of quality dairy/beef cross calves which are fetching record prices and in demand from rearers, finishers and the meat processing industry.

Published in General News

Tuesday, 25 October 2016 18:25

LIC plays safe on new business split

LIC has bowed to shareholder pressure by dropping its plan to transfer its herd testing and Minda businesses to a subsidiary.

Published in General News

Monday, 10 October 2016 13:46

New app helps manage mastitis

A new app for farmers has been launched by LIC Automation to help those with CellSense in-line sensors to more easily manage mastitis in their herd.

Published in General News

Tuesday, 04 October 2016 12:55

LIC directors in for pay rise

Chairman Murray King's fees will rise by $1725 to $116,725.

LIC directors set to get a 1.5% pay rise at the annual meeting this month.

Published in General News

Tuesday, 27 September 2016 12:55

Farmers could treble their calf cheques

Calves involved in the AgResearch-led project.

Dairy farmers are being urged to review their breeding strategies for the upcoming mating season to get benefits gained by the breeding of low BW cows to proven beef sires.

Published in General News

Thursday, 15 September 2016 12:55