IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF Wednesday 22nd January 2020

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River@ 55.9 cumec for tomorrow and reduced A Class water to 68% allocation. ZONE 1 will go… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS START: Tuesday 21st January 2020

ECAN set Waimakariri River @ 62.7 cumec for tomorrow and reduced A Class water to 99% allocation. ZONE 1: ON ZONE 2: ON ZONE 3: ON… Read More

XMAS DAY WATER

This message is recorded at 8:30am Monday 23rd December 2019. Emergencies only will be attended to on Xmas day Wednesday 25th December. All irrigators wishing to… Read More

BROWNS ROCK IRRIGATION & STOCK WATER SCHEME RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 1:00pm Saturday 21st December 2019. The shingle from the intake has been excavated, screens cleaned manually, and the intake is now… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE OF IRRIGATION & STOCK WATER

This message is recorded at 8.00am Friday 20th December  2019 Unfortunately, due to rising river conditions further shingle and debris has migrated into the intake blocking… Read More

July 18, 2022

Baseline set for subsurface irrigation trial

While Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson are disappointed not to have collected the data they were hoping for from their subsurface drip irrigation trial… Read More
July 6, 2022
Penny and Gary Robinson review data from their subsurface drip irrigation trial.

Subsurface irrigation benefits clear despite wet season

A wetter than usual irrigation season has hindered data collection efforts for Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson. They had planned to collect data over… Read More
July 4, 2022
Julie Bradshaw sharing scientific data

Sharing knowledge enables better farming decisions

Fernside dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw says sharing scientific data in a way that was easily understandable and useful for farmers helped create close bonds between landowners… Read More
July 1, 2022
Roscoe Taggart

Precision technology delivers diverse benefits

Investing in precision agriculture has provided Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart with environmental, social, and financial benefits that help to continuously improve his family’s 730-hectare arable and… Read More