IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 & 4 OFF

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 52.3 cumecs for tomorrow Sunday 17th December 2023 and reduced the water take to 52%… Read More

IRRIGATION WATER INTERUPTION UPDATE

This message is recorded at 7.30am Tuesday 31st October 2023. The intake failed to deliver 8 m3/sec water flow for a period of 3-4 hours in… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

The intake is now reopened after the river flood overnight. Stock Water should be flowing throughout most of the scheme by Saturday evening, the farthest reaches… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 4:30pm Thursday 26th October 2023. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

ZONE 2 & 4 STOCK WATER OFF

Stock water was not restored to zones 2 and 4. We will review once this weather front has passed through, and the rain has stopped.

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
June 16, 2022

Science and genetics boost Fernside farm

Fernside dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw has applied learnings from a five-year National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) irrigation study to make science-based decisions while… Read More
February 21, 2022

Proving the benefits of subsurface drip irrigation

After trialling a subsurface irrigation system last summer, Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson are keen to collect data and compare this with traditional irrigation… Read More