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Breed societies honour standout LIC bulls

30 June 2025

Two LIC bulls have recently been awarded premier accolades from the Holstein Friesian and Jersey breed societies of New Zealand.
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Anecdotes of SPS farmers of 40+ years: Change is the only constant

19 June 2025

Taranaki farmers David and Sue Kowaleski, together with their son Paul and daughter-in-law Talia Kowaleski, have been members of LIC’s Sire Proving Scheme (SPS) for more than 40 years.
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Four farms, one vision for herd improvement

19 June 2025

For more than three decades, Chris Harworth and Christine Stevens of Tawa Ridge have been quietly, but purposefully, building a farming operation that has a relentless focus on profitability and efficiency.
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Legendary dairy Dam inducted into LIC Hall of Fame

09 May 2025

Mother’s Day has come early this week for one of New Zealand’s most successful dams as she becomes only the second mother ever to be inducted into Livestock Improvement Corporation’s (LIC) prestigious ‘Hall of Fame’.
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Herd about the 110% milksolid/liveweight goal?

24 March 2025

Here, we ask one of the country’s top dairy breeders what their approach to herd improvement is, and how they went about breeding one of the most sought-after genomic bulls in LIC’s stable.
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Gallagher partners with LIC to help dairy farmers maximise genetic potential and simplify data management

28 February 2025

Gallagher and LIC have launched a new data integration which automatically transfers farmers’ live animal weighing data from Gallagher Animal Performance software into MINDA®.
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LIC delivers positive half-year financial results

23 January 2025

Livestock Improvement Corporation’s (LIC) strong half-year financial results show New Zealand dairy farmers continue to focus on cow efficiency and good genetic decisions.
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Pāmu and LIC join forces to progress dairy-beef farming

05 December 2024

Pāmu Farms of New Zealand and Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) have announced an innovative collaboration aimed at transforming the dairy-beef sector.
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Pioneering research brings New Zealand closer to breeding climate-friendly cows

04 December 2024

Research presented today at the NZ Agriculture & Climate Change Conference 2024 has shown dairy farmers are closer to breeding cows with lower methane emissions, offering an innovative way to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint
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Stable dairy production continues - NZ Dairy Stats

04 December 2024

The latest annual New Zealand Dairy Statistics report released by DairyNZ and Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) has emphasised the dairy sector’s resilience with production remaining stable despite tight economic conditions
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LIC celebrates one million genotypes

28 November 2024

Major milestone reached since LIC began DNA analysis in 2008.
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LIC improving genetic diversity through US company genetics collaboration

14 November 2024

LIC farmers are set to benefit from a genetics collaboration with US company, Sexing Technologies (ST).