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CROWN IRRIGATION Investment Ltd's first investment of $6.5 million towards the Central Plains Water scheme in Canterbury, has been welcome by the Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

Rural councils in Canterbury are launching a new speed campaign. The theme of the campaign is 'Country roads are not motorways' and it encourages people to slow down on rural roads.

FARMERS COULD face longer term compliance and liability issues in the wake of last week's storm in Canterbury, according to environmental law specialist Ewan Chapman, of Duncan Cotterill.

The past week has been devastating for South Island farmers and with a short sharp wintry blast hitting the far south of the South Island on Saturday and we are not out of the woods yet, says Federated Farmers.

IRRIGATIONNZ SAYS initial reports suggest more than 800 irrigators across Canterbury are severely damaged and will need to be repaired or written off following Tuesday's big wind.

Widespread power outages and blocked roads from severe weather have affected Canterbury dairy farms including those supplying milk to Synlait Milk.

CAN CANTERBURY repeat its clean sweep of the Dairy Industry Awards come the national event in Wellington in May? That question was posed at last week’s Canterbury / North Otago regional final awards night in Ashburton, prompted by the region’s representatives having taken all three titles last year.

The way farms and rural businesses deal with waste is the focus of a study being done for Environment Canterbury.

The Canterbury A&P Association's Stud Ram & Ewe Fair, held Wednesday and Thursday, January 9-10, produced a quality line up of 235 rams and 18 ewes.

Farmers in Canterbury have until next Friday to submit on a plan that has potential to severely limit their freedom to farm.