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Parent Company
Livestock Improvement Corporation Limited
Mission - Leading the world with genetics and knowledge to create wealth for pastoral dairy farmers.
Vision - Leadership in Pastoral Livestock Solutions |
LIC sets the standards for the world in dairy herd improvement through a unique national database which offers unparalleled traceability, world class genetic improvement systems and laboratory automation solutions.
LIC is one of the reasons New Zealand dairy farmers enjoy the lowest cost milk production in the world, a result of the highest technology transfer rate (research to farm practice) in the world, national farm management and breeding strategies and the highest rate of genetic gain (for the New Zealand environment) of any dairy industry in the world.
| LIC AT A GLANCE |
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› Dairy animal recording
› Herd testing
› National database
› TestLink
› Animal Evaluation Unit
› Industry statistics and trends
› Animal health management
› On-farm consultancy
› Research and development
› Progeny testing
› DNA analysis
› Artificial breeding
› Liquid and frozen semen technology
› Extensive nation-wide field service
› A global entity
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