IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Zone 1 ,2,3 and 4 ON, Sunday 10th March 2019

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 69 cumec for tomorrow Sunday 10th March 2019 and increased the water take to 100%… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Wednesday 6th March 2019

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 43.5 cumec for tomorrow Wednesday 6th March 2019 and reduced our take to 11% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 4 ON Tuesday 5th March 2019

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 50.5 cumec for tomorrow Tuesday 5th March 2019 and increased the water take to 44%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Zone 2 ON Monday 4th March 2019

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 46.6 cumec for tomorrow Monday 4th March 2019 and increased the water take to 26%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 & 3 OFF Saturday 2nd March 201

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 41.4 cumec for tomorrow Saturday 2nd March 2019 and reduced the water take to 2%… 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