END OF IRRIGATION SEASON

The 2020/2021 irrigation season will end today, Friday 14th May. For those shareholders who are needing water to wrap up irrigators or continue to fill on-farm… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone’s 1, 2 & 4 ON Friday 7th May 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 43.3 cumecs for tomorrow Friday 7th May 2021 and increased the water take to 11%… Read More

WAIMAKARIRI RIVER UPDATE & PENDING IRRIGATION SHUTDOWN

The ECAN river restriction is currently at 13% allocation and it is likely we will near a full restriction posting for tomorrow, we will update this… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Thursday 6th May 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 41.8 cumec for tomorrow Thursday 6th May 2021 and reduced the water take to 4%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Tuesday 13th April 2021

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 89.0 cumecs for Tuesday 13th April 2021 and increased our take to 100% allocation. ZONE… Read More

July 4, 2022
Julie Bradshaw sharing scientific data
July 4, 2022

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
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July 1, 2022
Roscoe Taggart
July 1, 2022

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
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June 16, 2022
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
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February 21, 2022
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
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