Company Profile 
	
	Livestock Improvement
	 sets the standards for 
	 the world in dairy
	 herd improvement through
	 a unique national 
	 database which
	 offsers unparalleled
	 traceability, world-class
	 genetic improvement
	 systems and laboratory
	 automation solutions.
 
	 Livestock Improvements is
	 one of the reaons New
	 Zealand dairy farmers
	 enjoy the lowest-cost
	 milk production in
	 the world, a result
	 of the highest
	 technology transfer
	 rate (research
	 to fram practice)
	 in the world,
	 national farm
	 management and 
	 breeding strategies 
	 and the highest
	 rate of genetic
	 gain (for the New
	 Zealand environemnt)
	 of any dairy 
	 industry in the 
	 world.
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	 The company's
	 activities can
	 broadly be described
	 INFORMATION and
	 ADVICE.
	 as GENETICS,
	 
	 Dignus Solution
	
	 Livestock was
	 looking at renewing
	 their annual
	 mainframe version
	 of C at a huge
	 expense when
	 Dignus entered 
	 with a 
	 cross-platform
	 solution 
	 including the 
	 robust Systems/ASM.
	 Testing went on
	 for 3 months and at
	 the end a big "two
	 thumbs up" was 
	 received for Dignus
	 products and support.
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	 Now the Livestock
	 Improvement Corporation
	 uses a standard
	 PC to develop
	 their applications
	 at a fraction of
	 the previous cost.
         
        Related links
        www.dignus.com
	
        www.lic.co.nz
         
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