LIC is embarking on a project to breed heat tolerant and disease resistant dairy cows for Sub-Saharan Africa, in collaboration with the global leader in precision breeding, Acceligen, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Elite Holstein Friesian bull, Farside M Illustrious S3F, has been inducted into LIC’s Hall of Fame.
LIC Ireland’s Aiden Cunningham reviews what the latest action in the beef market means for dairy producers trying to add value to their beef calves.
With climate change now accepted as part of the Earth’s future, heat stress on farms is a factor that is garnering increasing interest and awareness within the dairy industry worldwide.
Kiwi scientists are one step closer to enabling farmers to breed more heat tolerant cows after a trial found that dairy cows with the ‘slick’ gene are less affected by heat stress compared to their non-slick counterparts
Research from LIC shows New Zealand farmers are achieving increasing rates of genetic gain thanks to genomics.
