IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 and 2 and 3 OFF. Zone 4 ON Sunday 17th January 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 47 cumecs for tomorrow Sunday 17th January 2021 and reduced the water take to 28%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 3 and 4 OFF Saturday 16th January 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 50.9 cumecs for tomorrow Saturday January 2021 and reduced the water take to 45% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 4 OFF Friday 15th January 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 57.9 cumecs for tomorrow Friday 15th January 2021 and decreased our take to 77% of… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Thursday 24th December 2020

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 61.2 cumecs for tomorrow Thursday 24th December 2020 and increased our take to 92% of… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 ON Wednesday 23rd December 2020

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 59.1 cumecs for tomorrow Wednesday 23rd December 2020 and kept our take to 83% of… 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