IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 & 4 ON, Thursday 28th March 2024.

This message is recorded at: 3:00pm Wednesday 27th March 2024. ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 53.9 cumec for tomorrow and… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Sunday 10th March 2024.

This message is recorded at: 4:00pm Saturday 9th March 2024. ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 41.9 cumec for tomorrow and… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1, 2 & 4 OFF, Saturday 9th March 2024.

This message is recorded at: 3:00pm Friday 8th March 2024. ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 49.7 cumec for tomorrow and… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Wednesday 6th March 2024

This message is recorded at 3:00pm Tuesday 5th March 2024 Although we are currently working through some discrepancy with ECAN on the irrigation restriction posting, we… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Friday 1st March 2024.

This message is recorded at: 4:00pm Thursday 29th February 2024. ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 34.2 cumec for tomorrow and… 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