BUFFER POND OUTLET MALFUNCTION DISRUPTING FLOWS TO ZONE 2, 3 & 4

This message is recorded at 7:00am Sunday 22nd November 2020. In the early hours of this morning this site malfunctioned closing the gate outlet from the… Read More

Irrigation & Stockwater Water Shut Down – Sunday 8th November 2020

This notice is recorded at 7.30am With already 40mm rain fallen overnight and rain forecast to continue throughout today, the scheme will be shutdown to minimise… Read More

BROWNS ROCK WATER RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 4:30pm Monday 12 October 2020.   The intake was re-opened at 10:00am Monday 12 October 2020.   Stock water should be… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 8:30pm Sunday 11th October 2020. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

BROWNS ROCK WATER RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 9.00am Wednesday 30th September 2020. The intake was re-opened for Monday evening 28th September. Water should be flowing throughout the scheme… 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
December 12, 2022
Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson

Data gathering focus for subsurface irrigation trial

Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson are anticipating a season of “data collection” after installing a subsurface drip irrigation system on an 18-hectare block of… Read More