IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF Saturday 15th February 2020

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 55.1 cumec for tomorrow and reduced A Class water to 64% allocation. ZONE 1 will… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Thursday 6th Feb 2020.

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 583 cumecs for tomorrow Thursday 6th Feb and increased the water take to 100% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 3 OFF Tuesday 28th January 2020

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 44.3 cumec for tomorrow and reduced A Class water at 15% allocation. This means we… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF, Zone 3 ON Monday 27th January 2020

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 49.4 cumec for tomorrow and A Class water at 38% allocation. ZONE 3 will come… Read More

WATER ORDERING REMINDER DURING RESTRICTIONS

Please review your water order via the Water Metrics Water Ordering System. If you are wanting water to irrigate, water orders need to be placed by… 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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