Fonterra, LIC to launch online farm performance tool next month

Fonterra, LIC to launch online farm performance tool next month
Paul McBeth
By Rebecca Howard Jan. 12 (BusinessDesk) –  Fonterra Cooperative Group and Livestock Improvement Corporation, both farmer-owned cooperatives, are set to launch a new online farm performance tool in mid-February called Agrigate. The tool, first announced in July 2015, creates a single site for farmers to access core data such as milk production and quality data, herd data, pasture data, local weather forecasts, among others, in a bid to build efficiency. “A key outcome will be enabling farmers to make the most efficient use of their res...