The force of mother nature somewhat puts life in perspective. The post flood pictures coming out of Hawke’s Bay made me reflect on what’s...

The NIWA climate outlook indicates that we will continue with the La Niña weather pattern for the reminder of summer but start moving...

The NIWA climate outlook indicates that we will continue with the La Niña weather pattern for the rest of the summer. La Niña weather...

La Niña weather patterns are with us once again resulting in near normal rainfall, slightly above average temperatures but fewer ‘hot’...

Given the irrigation season has now kicked into gear, we thought it would be useful to use this article to run through the costs and...

Soil temperatures are starting to rise (now around 9-10 degrees) and potential evapotranspiration rates are starting increase (moving...

The Water Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes regulations were amended in 2020. The amended regulations apply to all resource...

Earlier this month the He Waka Eke Noa partnership released its recommendations on how agricultural greenhouse gas emissions should be...

Irrigation scheduling is a key task for irrigators and getting it right can make a significant difference to your bottom line. To...

During our recent irrigation scheduling workshops, we’ve come across some ‘interesting advice’.

Continued rain at regular intervals along with colder than average temperatures has resulted in very little irrigation being required for...

If your soil moisture sensor is working well your trace should look much like the one pictured. Periods of rain at regular intervals have...

December 2021 has been one of the coldest and wettest December’s we’ve seen for well over a decade and January is shaping up to be the...

Primary Insight recently ran an irrigation scheduling workshop for crop farmers that focused on what soil moisture probes are the most...