Genetics

Improve your herd’s Breeding Worth (BW) and boost your profits when you mate with New Zealand’s top bulls.

Bull teams

Breed for success with our Premier Sires teams and Alpha bulls to see which of New Zealand's top bulls suit your herd.
Premier Sires®

Increase your herd’s genetic value with Premier Sires, a cost-effective and convenient way to mate your herd with New Zealand’s top bulls.
Alpha®

Breed for success with Alpha. Hand-pick highly ranked sires that meet your breeding criteria. Our bull genetics suit any farming systems including once-a-day, high input and A2.
Sexed Semen

Get more heifer replacements from your best performers
Maximise mating

Maximise income potential with different mating options like Short Gestation Length (SGL) semen and various dairy beef breeds.
Beef bulls and packs

Take advantage of the growing demand for dairy-beef calves and reduce your bobby numbers with our individual beef bulls and No Choice beef packs in a range of breeds.
Short gestation length semen

Boost profits with a condensed calving period, more days in milk and more recovery time. Our teams of selectively bred bulls will reduce gestation length by an average of 12 days.
A2 bulls

Meet the growing demand for A2/A2 milk by using our A2 bull team to breed A2/A2 cows.
Genomic Wealth

We’ve been investing in genomics since the 1990s with a focus on increasing the rate of genetic gain in New Zealand dairy animals.
Environmental indexes

Learn more about our HoofPrint® and BeefPrint® indexes which rank our artificial breeding bulls on their environmental efficiency.
LIC Herd Statistics

Read the latest Single Step Animal Model (SSAM) Index averages and percentages, taken from the Genomic Evaluation Run.
Heat detection

Identify more cows in heat and improve your artificial insemination (AI) rates with our heat detection patches.
Heat Patch Application

Get the most out of your LIC heat patches by following these tips.
Sire Proving Scheme

Our Sire Proving Scheme is a rigorous, four-year programme that has been producing genetically superior bulls since 1961.
Organic semen

Breed organic dairy cows using our BioGro New Zealand certified semen, which is suitable for organic dairy farms.
Crossbreeding with KiwiCross®

Get the best traits from the two main dairy breeds with our KiwiCross bulls.
Jersey Future

Get early access to promising young Jersey bulls and protect the breed’s future.
Inbreeding and recessive genes

Inbred animals are less productive and more likely to have genetic disorders. We can help you keep inbreeding at acceptable levels.
Breeding Worth calculator

Calculate your herd’s Breeding Worth (BW) to get a good indication of how well your animals performed this season.