BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 8:00am Saturday 18th March 2023. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED:

This message is recorded at 3:00pm Thursday 23rd February 2023. Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 79.4 cumecs for tomorrow Friday… Read More

IRRIGATION WATER ORDERS:

This message is recorded at 1:00pm Thursday 23rd February 2023. We are expecting ECAN to increase the water allocation from the Waimakariri River this afternoon at… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Monday 20th February 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 43.7 cumecs for tomorrow Monday 20th February 2023, reducing the allocation to 12% There is… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Friday 17th February 2023

This message is recorded at 3:00pm Thursday 16th February 2023. Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 64.5 cumecs for tomorrow Friday… 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