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It's past mid-September and as calving draws to a close it is time to ensure mating plans are in place.

LIC is introducing daily testing of bull semen to combat the threat of the Mycoplasma bovis disease.

Many farms are struggling with wet soils making for slower growth rates and poorer utilisation.

LIC chairman Murray King has won the Cooperative Leader of the Year award.

LIC says it is in the early stages of developing artificial intelligence (AI) software to allow early detection of lameness caused by cow gait.

LIC’s new satellite technology (called SPACE) that measures pasture cover will be a new feature on the Fieldays site.

LIC chief executive Wayne McNee says it hasn’t found any sign of the disease Mycoplasma bovis in its bulls or semen.

LIC is mourning the passing away of its longest serving staff and one the dairy industry’s most influential scientists.

LIC director Steve Poole will step down at the end of next month.

One of the most unpredictable places to be in a dairy shed is arguably the back end of a cow.