IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 & 4 OFF Friday 1st March 2019

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 52.7 cumec for tomorrow Friday 1st March 2019 and reduced the water take to 54%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Zone 1 ON Tuesday 26th February 2019

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 105 cumec for tomorrow Tuesday 26th February 2019 and increased the water take to 100%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2, 3 & 4 ON Monday 25th February 2019

Due to some rain in the catchment Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 55.3 cumec for tomorrow Monday 25th February 2019… Read More

STOCK WATER CLOSURE FOR MAINTENANCE ZONE 2 – Thursday 21st February 2018

Zone 2 was closed this morning for emergency maintenance works on a Main Race culvert. Water was turned off for 4 hours to undertake the works… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Wednesday 20th February 2019

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 38.9 cumec for tomorrow Wednesday 20th February 2019 and reduced our take to 0% allocation.… 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