BROWNS ROCK WATER RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at midday Thursday 17th September 2020. The intake was re-opened for Stock water yesterday morning. Rainfall is still accumulating in the river… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE

This message is recorded at 8:00am Tuesday 15th September 2020. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

WIL WATER UPDATE 24TH August 2020

Zone 3 will be closed for water race maintenance this Wednesday 26th August. Zone 4 will be closed for water race maintenance this Thursday 27th and… Read More

STOCK WATER CLOSURE FOR MAINTENANCE ZONE 4

Maintenance works are being undertaken in ZONE 4 on Tuesday 4th August 2020. Stock water will be turned off this afternoon until Thursday morning, closure effecting… Read More

PDP report on WIL’s minimum flow site

This May 2020 report by PDP investigates the option of changing the minimum flow measuring site from OHB to Otarama and the impact this could have… 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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