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Herd improvement co-operative LIC says it is developing new methods to help farmers tackle facial eczema, a disease which is costing the dairy industry around $30 million in lost production each year.

LIC chief executive Wayne McNee will leave the farmer-owned co-operative in November after eight years in the role.

Farmer Co-operative LIC is offloading its automation business that it has struggled to make a money earner.

A novel scientific approach which has identified a number of genetic variants impacting the health and wellbeing of New Zealand dairy cows has been published in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature Genetics.

One of the country's most famous fathers has been recognised for his significant contribution to the dairy industry after siring more than 170,000 daughters for New Zealand farms.

Breeding low methane emitting cows is a step closer after promising results from a pilot trial.

The farmer co-operative says it is committed to educating and upskilling the next generation of leaders in the agricultural industry.

Cambridge dairy farmer and breeder Brad Payne would herd test ten times a year, but he works as an LIC AB Technician during October so reluctantly sacrifices data he’d get during that month of the year.

Farmer cooperative LIC has delivered a solid half-year result with revenue up 4% to $170 million.

LIC has formed a distribution partnership with Israeli-based Afimilk to market its hi-tech cow collars in New Zealand.