Displaying items by tag: LIC

Friday, 28 February 2014 08:49

LIC buys Dairy Automation

DAIRY FARMER cooperative, LIC, has bought the assets and business of Waikato-based Dairy Automation Limited (DAL).

Published in General News
Thursday, 13 February 2014 09:46

Strong half year result from LIC

FARMER DEMAND for innovations which deliver efficiency and prosperity on-farm resulted in their cooperative, LIC, returning a strong performance for the six months to November 2013.

Published in General News
Thursday, 31 October 2013 10:00

The spy who tweeted me

A SECRET agent of a different kind is making herself known to farmers worldwide and proving there’s more to life onfarm than meets the eye, says LIC.

Published in Management
Wednesday, 11 September 2013 15:24

Learn it online

LIC HAS launched an ‘online learning centre’ to help farmers to update skills and knowledge without leaving the farm. 

Published in Management
Wednesday, 14 August 2013 09:58

Keeping it simple pays off

"I'm not a high-tech farmer. I just concentrate on getting the basics right."

Published in General News
Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:29

LIC earnings rise despite drought

Despite the drought, more farmers turned to LIC for animal health and artificial breeding services in 2012-13.

Published in General News
Friday, 07 June 2013 09:49

Dewdney joins PGW

Former LIC boss Mark Dewdney is the new chief executive of PGG Wrightson (PGW).

Published in General News
Monday, 20 May 2013 14:31

Pendulum to swing back to Jerseys?

The Jersey breed was one of the foundation stones of the New Zealand dairy industry; not so today with the number and popularity of these brown cows diminishing initially in favour of the larger-framed Friesians but more latterly for crossbreds.

Published in General News

DairyNZ subsidiary NZ Animal Evaluation Ltd (NZAEL), has reached agreement with LIC and CRV Ambreed for a standardised presentation of parentage and daughter based estimates as well as genomic based estimates for bulls this autumn.

Published in General News
Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:04

LIC discovers small calf gene

Use of DNA sequence technology by farmer cooperative Livestock Improvement (LIC) has led to the discovery of a recessive small calf gene - opening the door to managing small calf syndrome out of the dairy industry.

Published in General News
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