BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 5:10pm Monday 24th August 2026. The intake was re-opened today at 3.00pm. Stock water should be flowing throughout the majority of… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 10.30 am Sunday 23rd August 2026. Due to heavy rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 9:00am Wednesday 12th August 2026. The intake was re-opened yesterday at 5.00pm. Stock water should be flowing throughout the majority of… Read More

STOCKWATER INTERUPTION FOR INTAKE MAINTENANCE

This message is recorded at 10:15am Monday 10th August 2026. All Stock water will be interrupted over the next couple of days. Areas of the scheme… Read More

ZONE 2 & 4 WATER INTERUPTION EXTENSION

This message is recorded at 6:00pm Wednesday 5th August 2026. ZONE 4 – Stockwater will be off again tomorrow to continue water race cleaning activities while… 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