LIC lifts first-half profit 7.3% as dairy farmers ramp up investment
Net profit rises to $30m, or $1.017 a share, in the six months ended November 30, from $28m (94.7c) a year earlier.
Livestock Improvement Corp, which compensated some farmers for selling bull semen that caused 'hairy calf' mutations, increased first-half profit 7.3 percent as dairy farmers raised their herd investment even as farmgate prices fell.
Net profit rose to $30 million, or $1.017 a share, in the six months ended November 30, from $28 million, or 94.7 cents, a year earlier, the Hamilton-based company says in a statement.
Sales rose 9.6 percent to $131.5 million, though LIC typically gets most of its revenue in the first half of the financial year and does not recognise costs until the second half.
"In good and in challenging times, farmers invest in products which will have a material impact on the profitability of their animals and the performance of their farms," chairman Murray King says. "Growth in demand has been seen across all our product and service offerings."
LIC, a farmer-owned co-operative listed on the stock exchange's NZAX, sells bull semen and provides a dairy genetics database.
The board did not declare an interim dividend. The shares were unchanged at $5.60 today.
(BusinessDesk)
Staff Reporter
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
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LIC lifts first-half profit 7.3% as dairy farmers ramp up investment
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