IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Tuesday 30th March 2021

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 175.0 cumecs for Tuesday 30th March 2021 and increased our take to 100% allocation. ZONE… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 3 OFF Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 43.4 cumecs for tomorrow Tuesday 23rd March 2021 and reduced the water take to 11%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 OFF Monday 21st March 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 46.7 cumecs for tomorrow Monday 21st March 2021 and reduced the water take to 26%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 & Zone 4 OFF Sunday 21st March 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 56.0 cumecs for tomorrow Sunday 21st March 2021 and reduced the water take to 68%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Thursday 18th March 2021.

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 128.0 cumecs for Thursday 18th March 2021 and increased our take to 100% allocation. ZONE… Read More

December 14, 2022
Quality data helps refine dairy herd
December 14, 2022

Quality data helps refine dairy herd

Fernside dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw says being involved in Livestock Improvement Corporation’s (LIC’s) Sire Proving Scheme (SPS) for over 20 years has shown her how quality… Read More
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December 13, 2022
Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart
December 13, 2022

Quantifying benefits of sensor-based nitrogen application

Last year, Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart was one of two New Zealand farmers selected to trial a Yara N sensor on his family’s 730 hectare arable… Read More
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December 12, 2022
Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson
December 12, 2022

Data gathering focus for subsurface irrigation trial

Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson are anticipating a season of “data collection” after installing a subsurface drip irrigation system on an 18-hectare block of… Read More
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November 24, 2022
Swannanoa farmers Brian and Rosemary Whyte with over 1000 native seedlings grown on their farm this season for the first stage of a revegetation project.
November 24, 2022

Nursery trial helps farmers grow plants from seed

A trial nursery project to enable Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL) shareholders to grow their own native seedlings for on-farm revegetation projects has resulted in over 1000… Read More
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