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Two agritech companies have joined forces to help eliminate manual entry and save farmer time.

Halter and LIC have partnered to allow data flow between the Halter app and MINDA, saving farmers time.

This calving season will be a little different for dairy farmer Jo Forsyth thanks to a recent MINDA LIVE training session that marked somewhat of a ‘turning point’ in her confidence and utilisation of the technology.

LIC says it has made more than 60 improvements to its MINDA LIVE and MINDA App following farmer feedback.

LIC has bowed to shareholder pressure by dropping its plan to transfer its herd testing and Minda businesses to a subsidiary.

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

LIC’S $11M spend on R&D is high by NZ primary industry standards, says chief executive Wayne McNee. The core business of sire proving and getting the best bulls, the development of new IT products and longer-term R&D took most of the money. Some research is government supported through Primary Growth Partnership and other funding.

Young stock are an important asset to a farm, providing it with a future of high quality herd replacements – but only after careful management and rearing to ensure they achieve set targets throughout their development.