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Keep up-to-date with the latest news from us and our farmers. We’ll also be sharing tips from experts across the business and how our services and solutions can add value to your farm.

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Year-by-year: Breeding a Better Generation

12 July 2024

Herd improvement and genetic gain are keys to many successful, sustainable, and profitable farms, and the Jones family farm is no different.

Inheriting Excellence; the progeny of Royson MG Currency S3F

05 July 2024

Top all-round Holstein Friesian bull Royson MG Currency S3F has left a different type of currency for his progeny to inherit.

Beef Finisher with a Point of Difference

25 June 2024

Callum Thomsen is a beef finisher who’s challenging the conventional approach.

Illustrious the bull 60th animal to be inducted into Hall of Fame

14 May 2024

An elite Holstein Friesian bull, Farside M Illustrious S3F, has been inducted into the “Hall of Fame”.

Slick cows at LIC's Innovation farm in Hamilton

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.

Our submission to the DairyNZ proposal on genomics

20 June 2023

For LIC shareholders; your co-op's submission to the DairyNZ proposal on genomics titled, “A better BW for the New Zealand dairy sector”.

A better BW for the New Zealand dairy sector

22 May 2023

For LIC shareholders; your co-op's response to the DairyNZ proposal on genomics.

Francois Tillard - Southland farmer who uses LIC's Female Genotyping Service - landscape

Identifying your best performers to fast-track genetic gain

24 November 2022

North Otago farmer, Francois Tillard, uses LIC's female genotyping service to identify his best heifer calves long before they step up to the milking platform.