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It's official – the last dairy season was the most productive on record thanks to very favourable pasture growth conditions.

It's official – the last dairy season was the most productive on record thanks to very favourable pasture growth conditions.

Shareholders in farmer cooperative, LIC, have voted in favour of transferring the core database to industry good organisation, DairyNZ.

Industry good body DairyNZ says it has the expertise lined-up and waiting for the development and management of a new Dairy Industry Good Animal Database, should Livestock Improvement (LIC) shareholders approve the transfer of the Core Database this month.

The chair of LIC's Shareholder Council, Jenny Morrison, is urging shareholders to have a say on the future home of what's commonly known as 'the core database'.

IT’S A day-on, day-off working week for New Zealand’s best ever artificial breeding bull Howies Checkpoint. Farmers are lining up to use the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ bull in the upcoming dairy mating season, but LIC says it has to make sure he doesn’t get worn out. 

Federated Farmers has brokered what could be its last meeting before the mutant calf issue ends up before the Courts and/or the Commerce Commission.

New Zealand farmers are lining up to use 'once-in-a-lifetime' bull Howies Checkpoint in the upcoming dairy mating season.

Dairy farmers need to express their interest by the end of September if they want to join a FarmWise tour looking at wintering systems in the UK and Ireland.

It's calving time and that means children all around New Zealand are making some very important decisions on which one they would like to take to Calf Club.