Displaying items by tag: irrigation
Ruataniwha critics given a serve
IrrigationNZ says it's confident the Ruataniwha dam project will go ahead, but disputes costs for the project have risen by 50%.
Wireless tool provides remote irrigation management
A new integrated system that offers remote control, as well as monitoring and reporting of pivot irrigation is now available.
Carrfields wins award for irrigator stabiliser
Ashburton's Carrfields Irrigation company has won 2016's IrrigationNZ Innovation Award in association with Aqualinc for its innovative irrigator stabiliser.
Water gives life to NZ’s economy
Much media debate has arisen recently on whether new irrigation schemes are necessary in the wake of the dairy downturn.
IrrigationNZ and Feds ask for scientific integrity
IrrigationNZ and Federated Farmers say greater scrutiny of claims irrigation causes increased 'rumbly-gut' is needed.
$895k for Marlborough irrigation
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed new funding of $895,000 for the Flaxbourne Community Irrigation Scheme in Marlborough.
Ban irrigation at your own peril
IrrigationNZ has hit back at a call for a five-year ban on new irrigation schemes.
How much effluent to irrigate?
The environmental effects of nitrogen that determine how much effluent you can irrigate onto land, says Waikato Regional Council.
Hello... this is your irrigator calling
If someone had told Matt O'Kane 15 years ago that his irrigator would one day ring to say it had finished its run he would have "walked off laughing".
High court appeal looms over water
An appeal to the High Court is looking likely as Mid Canterbury irrigators BCI digest the implications of the Environment Canterbury Plan Change 2 announcement two weeks ago.