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The motivation of dairy farmers to create herds that are more efficient converters of feed-to-profit is long-held, but a balanced approach to breeding is paramount for optimal on-farm success.

Paddocks are among a farmer’s biggest and most important assets but occasionally they need a makeover in the form of regrassing.

Agritech has a vital role to play in the COVID-19 recovery, according to LIC chief executive Wayne McNee.

Each year about 900 of LIC’s qualified AB technicians (AB techs) visit farms in their local area, artificially inseminating thousands of cows between September and January.

OSPRI and the Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) are urging farmers to play their part in improving animal traceability at a critical time on farm.

It may have not been three in a row, but one Manawatu farm has achieved a hat-trick of sorts after winning this year’s coveted Mahoe Trophy.

One of LIC’s longest-serving bulls has reached the achievement of selling one million semen straws, just in time for Father’s Day.

In what is a significant shift forward in the animal welfare space, dairy farmers are more focused than ever on reducing the number of bobby calves leaving their properties.

Farmer co-op LIC will pay $18 million in dividends to shareholders after a strong full-year result.

Winter may have just begun but most farmers are already looking ahead to the next season and the one beyond that.