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Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd

Type: Company

Name: Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Livestock Improvement Corporatio...

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Federated Farmers

Farming not for the unskilled

I see it is tempting to try to match unemployed people with what is perceived as low-skill positions, but in reality all farming requires a willingness to work in all weather, for long hours.Perhaps we need to advertise it as being like a career in the ... [Published Taranaki Daily News - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Federated Farmers, Agriculture, James Houghton, Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd, PGG Wrightson Ltd

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Ireland - The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)

Interestingly, Dr Wickham has now travelled back to New Zealand to help sort database issues in that country. Last year, the New Zealand AI company LIC (Livestock Improvement Corporation) lost its monopoly position on the New Zealand database to the government ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Ireland, New Zealand, Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd, Database

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

PGG Wrightson Ltd

NZ - New boss at Livestock Improvement Corporation

Livestock Improvement Corporation, which helped China's Agria take control of PGG Wrightson in 2011 with a $10 million loan, is now providing its chief executive to run the New Zealand rural services company.Wrightson today named LIC's Mark Dewdney as ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd, PGG Wrightson Ltd, Genetics, Takeover, New Zealand

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 6 reports

Agria Corporation

Agria Unit PGG Wrightson Names Mark Dewdney CEO

Agria Corp. (GRO: Quote) said Friday that its majority-owned subsidiary PGG Wrightson has appointed Mark Dewdney as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1.The appointment of Dewdney completes the leadership succession plan that included the recent ... [Published RTTNews.com - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Agria Corporation, PGG Wrightson Ltd, Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd, Appointed, Succession

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Gene find spells end to SCS

» Hope on the horizon for farmersDavid Hemara is the CEO of dairy farmer cooperative LIC.Use of DNA sequence technology by farmer co-operative Livestock Improvement (LIC) has led to the discovery of a recessive small calf gene - opening the door to managing ... [Published Northern Advocate - May 31 2013]

Entities: DNA Sequencing, Genetics, Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

NZ - Calving and technology

A new piece of technology has been developed to help farmers record calving information in the paddock - rain, hail or shine - without carrying around a pad and pencil.Hamilton-based co-op Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) is currently trialling ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 30 2013]

Entities: Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd, Smartphone, Apple iOS

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 2 reports

Last call for Auckland businesses to join improvement course

Press Release from Adding Sustainable Value Last call for Auckland businesses to join improvement programmeFuture proofing business while increasing profit and improving performance is the promise of the Adding Sustainable Value (ASV) programme starting ... [Published Scoop - May 29 2013]

Entities: Auckland, Sustainability, Fulton Hogan

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Innovation park brings $16m into region in its first decade

Waikato Innovation Park has brought $16 million of establishment funding into the region in the past 10 years, according to a new report.Employee-related benefits from people working at the park contributed more than $100m to the regional economy from ... [Published Waikato Times - May 25 2013]

Entities: Stuart Gordon, Invention, Milk Powder

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Waikato Innovation Park worth $16m to region: report

Waikato Innovation Park has brought $16 million of establishment funding into the region in the past 10 years, says a new report.Employee-related benefits from those working at the park had contributed more than $100m to the regional economy in the period ... [Published Waikato Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Stuart Gordon, Invention, Milk Powder

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Agribusiness Innovation and Growth 2013

New Zealand's agritech sector is a $3 billion industry, generating export sales in excess of $700 million a year. Top players in the sector are gathering in Hamilton on the night before Fieldays for a mini-symposium on agribusiness and innovation. It's ... [Published Noodls - May 23 2013]

Entities: Invention, University of Waikato, Agriculture, New Zealand

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Gene identified as small calf cause

THE CAUSE of an occasional but recurring problem of unusually small calves in dairy herds is a newly identified recessive gene, says Livestock Improvement (LIC).Typical 2-4% of calves are lost on dairy farms each year for a variety of reasons and the ... [Published Rural News - May 20 2013]

Entities: New Zealand, Genetics, Agriculture, Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd, Homozygous

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Farmers face 'hectic' calving with new app

Entities: Rob Ford, Smartphone, Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd, Broadband

Quotes

...unications, the venerable company managed to announce the exit of its top man, George Gould, last week without saying why he's quitting, except that "his tenure was for a fixed and relatively short period and for a particular purpose"

PGW investor short on rural know-how [Published Timaru Herald - Jun 04 2013]

David Hemara, acting CEO of LIC, says this is an important discovery: "Identifying the gene means we can start managing a problem which has existed on farms for decades."

Gene find spells end to SCS [Published Northern Advocate - May 31 2013]

"The future of the New Zealand dairy industry is strong, and the Government will back you to the hilt" he said

We missed out but put on the best show [Published Taranaki Daily News - May 30 2013]

"The forecast is based on a level of utilisation knowing there is a range of clients in the market."

Innovation park brings $16m into region in its first decade [Published Waikato Times - May 25 2013]

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Farming not for the unskilled [Published Taranaki Daily News - 9 hours ago]
The Weekly Livestock report: GMP price set at $... [Published Interest.co.nz - Jun 12 2013]
Ireland - The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - Jun 10 2013]
NZ - New boss at Livestock Improvement Corporation [Published Meat Trade News Daily - Jun 10 2013]
Agria Unit PGG Wrightson Names Mark Dewdney CEO [Published RTTNews.com - Jun 07 2013]
New boss for PGG Wrightson [Published The Press NZ - Jun 07 2013]
PGG appoints new boss [Published Timaru Herald - Jun 07 2013]
PGG Wrightson names new boss [Published MSN New Zealand - Jun 06 2013]
Wrightson taps Livestock Improvement’s Dewdney ... [Published Yahoo! Xtra Business - Jun 06 2013]
Wrightson taps Livestock Improvement’s Dewdney ... [Published Scoop - Jun 06 2013]
ICBF has bred success but jury is still out on ... [Published Irish Independent - Jun 05 2013]
PGW investor short on rural know-how [Published Timaru Herald - Jun 04 2013]
Gene find spells end to SCS [Published Northern Advocate - May 31 2013]
We missed out but put on the best show [Published Taranaki Daily News - May 30 2013]
NZ - Calving and technology [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 30 2013]
Last call for Auckland businesses to join impro... [Published Scoop - May 29 2013]
Event: Accelerating Profit with Sustainable Pra... [Published Scoop - May 28 2013]
Innovation park brings $16m into region in its ... [Published Waikato Times - May 25 2013]
Waikato Innovation Park worth $16m to region: r... [Published Waikato Times - May 23 2013]
Agribusiness Innovation and Growth 2013 [Published Noodls - May 23 2013]
Farmers face 'hectic' calving with new app [Published New Zealand Herald - May 21 2013]
Gene identified as small calf cause [Published Rural News - May 20 2013]
Meetings to help cattle producers prepare for w... [Published Tri-State Neighbour - Sep 07 2012]
Fact Sheet for Livestock Improvement Corporatio... [Published Able2Act - Apr 17 2008]