BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE.

This message is recorded at 5:30pm Friday 5th September 2025. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

2025 – 2026 IRRIGATION SEASON WATER UPDATE

This message is recorded at 1.30pm Monday 1st September 2025. Starting tomorrow Irrigators requiring water mostly for storage ponds, please place water orders through the Water… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 8:45am Thursday 31st July 2025. The intake was re-opened at 1.00pm yesterday. Stock water should be flowing throughout the majority of… Read More

PENDING STOCK WATER SHUTDOWNS FOR MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS

This message is recorded at 9.30am Wednesday 23rd July 2025. ZONE 4 Stock Water with be shut off this Thursday and Friday during the day and… Read More

STOCKWATER INTERUPTION – ZONE 4 OFF

This message is recorded at 2:30pm Wednesday 25th June 2025 A temporary closure of Wolff’s Siphon is scheduled for tonight at 10pm, closing off stock water… Read More

July 18, 2022

Baseline set for subsurface irrigation trial

While Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson are disappointed not to have collected the data they were hoping for from their subsurface drip irrigation trial… Read More
July 6, 2022
Penny and Gary Robinson review data from their subsurface drip irrigation trial.

Subsurface irrigation benefits clear despite wet season

A wetter than usual irrigation season has hindered data collection efforts for Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson. They had planned to collect data over… Read More
July 4, 2022
Julie Bradshaw sharing scientific data

Sharing knowledge enables better farming decisions

Fernside dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw says sharing scientific data in a way that was easily understandable and useful for farmers helped create close bonds between landowners… Read More
July 1, 2022
Roscoe Taggart

Precision technology delivers diverse benefits

Investing in precision agriculture has provided Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart with environmental, social, and financial benefits that help to continuously improve his family’s 730-hectare arable and… Read More