IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF Saturday 15th February 2020

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 55.1 cumec for tomorrow and reduced A Class water to 64% allocation. ZONE 1 will… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Thursday 6th Feb 2020.

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 583 cumecs for tomorrow Thursday 6th Feb and increased the water take to 100% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 3 OFF Tuesday 28th January 2020

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 44.3 cumec for tomorrow and reduced A Class water at 15% allocation. This means we… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF, Zone 3 ON Monday 27th January 2020

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 49.4 cumec for tomorrow and A Class water at 38% allocation. ZONE 3 will come… Read More

WATER ORDERING REMINDER DURING RESTRICTIONS

Please review your water order via the Water Metrics Water Ordering System. If you are wanting water to irrigate, water orders need to be placed by… 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