IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 & 4 OFF Wednesday 10th January 2024

This message is recorded at: 3:00pm Tuesday 9th January 2024 Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 54.5 cumec for tomorrow and… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Starting Tuesday 26th December 2023

Waimakariri River @ 61.1 cumec for tomorrow and increased the water take to 91% allocation. ZONE 1: ON ZONE 2: ON ZONE 3: ON ZONE 4:… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 & 3 OFF Sunday 24th December 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 52.3 cumec for tomorrow and reduced the water take to 51% allocation. All Zone 3… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF

This message is recorded at: 4:10pm Friday 22nd December 2023 Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 56.3 cumecs for tomorrow Saturday… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Tuesday 19th December 2023

This message is recorded at 3:40pm Monday 18th December 2023. Although we are currently working through some discrepancy with ECAN on the irrigation restriction posting, we… Read More

April 11, 2023
N sensor provides environmental and economic benefits

N sensor provides environmental and economic benefits

Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart has reduced his use of nitrogen fertiliser by approximately 80 kilograms this season through trialling a Yara N sensor on his family’s… Read More
December 14, 2022
Swannanoa students explore irrigation race biodiversity

Swannanoa students explore irrigation race biodiversity

A group of year 3 and 4 students from Swannanoa School learned about the connections between eels (tuna) and invertebrates during a recent school trip to… Read More
December 14, 2022
Quality data helps refine dairy herd

Quality data helps refine dairy herd

Fernside dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw says being involved in Livestock Improvement Corporation’s (LIC’s) Sire Proving Scheme (SPS) for over 20 years has shown her how quality… Read More
December 13, 2022
Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart

Quantifying benefits of sensor-based nitrogen application

Last year, Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart was one of two New Zealand farmers selected to trial a Yara N sensor on his family’s 730 hectare arable… Read More