BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 12.00am Sunday 25th August 2024. The intake was opened at 5.00pm yesterday. Stock Water has successfully come through the bypass overnight… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 6:30pm Friday 23rd August 2024. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 8.00am Friday 9th August 2024. The intake was opened at 3.00pm yesterday. Stock Water has successfully come through the bypass overnight… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE

This message is recorded at 7.00am Tuesday 6th August 2024. The intake will be closed overnight tonight to allow for a diversion to be put in… Read More

STOCKWATER INTERUPTION

This message is recorded at 4:00pm Tuesday 30th July 2024. A temporary closure of the Browns Rock Intake is scheduled for tomorrow morning. Stock Water should… 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
June 16, 2022

Science and genetics boost Fernside farm

Fernside dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw has applied learnings from a five-year National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) irrigation study to make science-based decisions while… Read More