New Zealand Rugby yesterday released the 2019 draw, which involves more televised matches than before.
The Premiership starts off on August 31, followed by the Championship a week later.
As well as 19 live-match broadcasts, Sky will again have a dedicated weekly highlights show giving fans the opportunity to keep up to date with the entire competition.
NZR chief rugby officer Nigel Cass said the growth of the Farah Palmer Cup mirrored the surge in interest in the women's game.
''We've seen women's rugby go from strength to strength in recent years and it is great to see the Farah Palmer Cup continuing to develop and give our players meaningful competition.
''In the past two weeks we have seen six players from the Farah Palmer Cup make their Black Ferns debut over in the United States which should be a big motivator for players stepping out in their provincial colours later this year,'' Cass said.
In the opening round of the competition, six of the Premiership teams will take the field - defending champion Canterbury will host the newly-promoted Wellington, the only team to have beaten it in the 2018 season.
They will be joined in the Premiership division by Counties Manukau, Manawatu, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Auckland, which avoided premiership relegation due to the expanded competition format.
Otago, North Harbour, Tasman, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki and newcomer Northland make up the Championship.
Teams play each rival in their own division once throughout the round robin, with the Championship teams advancing to quarterfinals and the Premiership teams going straight to semifinal action.
The finals will be played on the last weekend of October.