The need for real-time data for both farm management and compliance is becoming increasingly important.

Resource consents are crucial to most farming operations. However, they are often left in the bottom draw until there is a problem. 

In Canterbury we've been fortunate to have been spared from the drought conditions that have been experienced over the 2024/25 summer in the top of the South Island and parts of the North Island.

Most dairy effluent storage pond owners believe that their ponds are not leaking, particularly those that have been synthetically lined. 

Key changes to national regulations open the door for potential land use changes. Updates to the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater (NES-FW) have resulted in key parts being revoked (cancelled). 

Just like getting a health check, your irrigation system needs one too. A performance check will assess whether your irrigation system is operating as designed; including whether it’s applying the right depth and how uniformly.  

Nitrate concentrations in shallow groundwater in the Lincoln area were, by 1983, already higher than desirable for drinking water.

Every few weeks I hear the same misconception - consent conditions cannot be changed. This suggests that many are unaware that changes can be made to consents, and it is often possible to alter a consent to make it work for you.  

Over the next ten years a huge number of new groundwater take consents will need to be obtained to replace expiring consents. Is yours one of them?

Cantabrians are acutely aware of the damage caused by liquefaction during the 2010/11 earthquakes. While most of this damage occurred in urban areas, rural areas were also affected, depending on groundwater depth and soil properties. 

Groundwater has been referred to as the hidden resource because it is usually “out of sight, out of mind”.

Irrigation water supplies have been under pressure this summer, with the government classifying Canterbury and a number of other regions as being under drought conditions.