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Farmer co-operative LIC has closed its satellite-backed pasture measurement platform – Space.

A breakthrough in the understanding of Facial Eczema (FE) in livestock could bring New Zealand closer to reducing the disease’s impact.

Methven farmers Earl and Melissa McSweeney are breeders of one of LIC’s best KiwiCross sires, 523092 Plateau Dembe, son of popular 21-code bull Baldricks Spectacular.

Two agritech companies have joined forces to help eliminate manual entry and save farmer time.

Increased farmer spending on genetics and animal health has boosted LIC’s half-year profit.

OPINION: The latest New Zealand Dairy Statistics report paints a picture of an industry trending towards fewer but larger herds.

Dairy farmers are one step closer to breeding cow with lower methane emissions, offering an innovative way to reduce the nation's agricultural carbon footprint without compromising farm productivity.

The dairy sector’s production remains stable despite tight and uncertain economic conditions, according to the latest annual New Zealand Dairy Statistics report.

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

A new collaboration is underway to improve the genetic links between the New Zealand and Nordic Jersey cattle populations.