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Reducing Greenhouse Gases On-Farm

11 July 2024

FarmWise Consultant Leo Peaker discusses discusses how farmers can align themselves with Fonterra’s emissions intensity reduction goals
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Herd improvement set to do some heavy lifting to reduce emissions intensity

15 November 2023

LIC is well placed to support farmers to meet the on-farm emissions intensity reduction targets recently announced by Fonterra.
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Slick solutions: Research advances in LIC’s heat tolerance programme

28 September 2023

With climate change increasingly impacting dairy farming in New Zealand, Kiwi scientists are advancing their quest to breed cows that are more tolerant to heat to improve animal welfare and productivity.
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As the climate changes - are we?

11 January 2023

FarmWise consultant, Darren Sutton, shares his insights on the alternative methods some farmers are moving toward to navigate climate challenges.
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Plenty of advancements to be grateful for

21 November 2022

Malcolm Ellis, LIC General Manager for NZ Markets, reflects on the positive impact technology advancements are having on farm.
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Farmers are one step closer to breeding more climate-friendly cows

19 August 2022

New research has confirmed bulls’ genetics play a role in how much methane they emit, highlighting the potential for farmers to breed low methane-emitting cows in the future.
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Bull burps could hold answer to breed climate friendly cows

17 May 2021

The opportunity to breed more climate friendly cows is one step closer for New Zealand dairy farmers after a Waikato trial finds a possible link between a bulls’ genetics and the amount of methane they produce.
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The next frontier for more climate friendly cows

02 February 2021

In a recent NZ Herald opinion piece, our CE Wayne McNee outlines the investment LIC is making into the genomics space, and the value this will bring to the dairy industry in both the long and short term.
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Preserving and protecting water on farm this summer

25 November 2020

Water – it’s something we often take for granted but over recent years, through the droughts inflicted on us, I have seen many farms whose water systems have been lacking.
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The grass can be greener - improving paddock capabilities

01 October 2020

Paddocks are among a farmers biggest and most important assets but occasionally they need a makeover in the form of regrassing.
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Our improvement journey

28 September 2020

To support our improvement journey, LIC keeps across new learnings from environmental leaders and research institutes.
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Planning for a sustainable season

07 October 2019

With much media debate and heated discussion regarding the industry’s environmental footprint it could be easy to lose sight of many controllable on-farm factors that will be part of the solution to delivering sustainability.