LIC is joining forces with Precision Farming Ltd, supplier of GIS-based systems that manage the application of farm nutrients to optimise pasture growth including fertiliser and effluent.

LIC has launched a new app, which will help farmers keep their cows’ health in-check from a mobile device.

Helping farmers raise productivity and prosperity will be the focus of LIC’s two sites.

Despite great cow and pasture condition in spring, Lincoln University dairy farm’s six-week in-calf rate slumped from 78% last year to 72% this year.

LIC has opened a new $5 million herd testing facility in Hamilton.

Farmer co-op LIC will hold meetings nationally next month to brief shareholders on its ambitious growth strategy.

Top bull breeders met this month to celebrate their contribution to New Zealand’s dairy industry.

Waikato sharemiker Barry Old doesn’t consider himself a bull breeder. So, when his champion bull Mint Edition was inducted into LIC’s hall of fame this month, the Tatuanui 50/50 sharemilker felt it was surreal.

Southland farmers Yvonne and Steven Dennis are LIC Sire Proving Scheme farmers of the year.

The drought has gradually broken across most parts of Waikato but many farmers are still in the grips of a ‘green’ drought, with large differences in rainfall and average pasture covers.