BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 6:45am Thursday 18th September 2025. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 12:15pm Monday 8th September 2025. The intake was re-opened at 12.00 noon today once river work was completed. Stock water should… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE.

This message is recorded at 5:30pm Friday 5th September 2025. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

2025 – 2026 IRRIGATION SEASON WATER UPDATE

This message is recorded at 1.30pm Monday 1st September 2025. Starting tomorrow Irrigators requiring water mostly for storage ponds, please place water orders through the Water… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 8:45am Thursday 31st July 2025. The intake was re-opened at 1.00pm yesterday. Stock water should be flowing throughout the majority of… Read More

November 20, 2023
Champion Clydesdale

Chance encounter creates successful venture

After spotting a Clydesdale at the 1995 Oxford A&P Show, Margo Vliet Vlieland turned to her husband Alan and told him, “I want one of those… Read More
July 18, 2023
Integrated Farm Plan (IFP) lead consultant Paul Reese discusses IFP outcomes with Swannanoa farmer Andrew Gilchrist.

Integrated farm plan boosts business structure

Swannanoa farmer Andrew Gilchrist has delved deep into the business and people side of his family-operated farm through completing an Integrated Farm Plan (IFP). Andrew is… Read More
June 21, 2023
Penny and Gary Robinson have found that farmers using their subsurface drip irrigation system are saving on water and labour costs while growing more grass on their farms.

Underground irrigation trial boosts efficiency

Gary and Penny Robinson have received positive feedback on water use efficiency and increased grass growth from Maniototo sharemilker, Luke Jeffries, after installing a Subsurface Drip… Read More
June 18, 2023
Fernside dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw has been empowered to make decisions on which cows to focus on by using genomic data.

Genomic data empowers decision-making

Over the past two years, Fernside farmer Julie Bradshaw has refined her dairy herd size through the use of genomics while maintaining the same level of… Read More