IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1, 2 & 4 ON. Thursday 16th February 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 50.8 cumecs for tomorrow Thursday 16th February and increased the water take to 45% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION WATER ORDERS:

This message is recorded at 10:30am Wednesday 15th February 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle, Metservice have issued a heavy rain watch North of the Rakaia river this afternoon… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 OFF. Tuesday 14th February 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 46.5 cumecs for tomorrow Tuesday 14th February 2023 and decreased the water take to 25%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 4 OFF. Monday 13th February 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 51.3 cumecs for tomorrow Sunday 13th February 2023 and decreased the water take to 47%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS START: Zone 1 OFF. Sunday 12th February 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 59.8 cumecs for tomorrow Sunday 12th February 2023 and decreased the water take to 86%… 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
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