February 2022 Newsletter uploaded with EGM & AGM details. Good turnout at Fakenham Racecourse EGM with Proposition 1 & Proposition 2 unanimously approved. Entry added: 21 Feb 2022 |
Changes to abstraction application and annual charges: The Environment Agency is still planning to introduce new abstraction application and annual charges from 1st April 2022. This is following consultation which closed November 2021 and was approved by the Secretary of State earlier this year. The current charging schedule is going through the final departmental rounds and pending their support will be provided to industry at the beginning of March. If members have any new applications or amendments to applications going in, the advice is to ensure the applications are completed fully. If received before the 1st April 2022, the Environment Agency will validate the application, and it will be under the old charging scheme. Any application received after the 1st April or any application not completed fully and therefore not validated before 1st April, will be subject to the new charges, which, will be higher in all cases than the previous £135. Update gratefully received from Kelly Hewson-Fisher (NFU) Entry added: 14 Feb 2022 |
Advance notice BAWAG AGM
Wednesday 2 March starting 2pm, AF Group Offices, Honingham Thorpe, Norwich, NR9 5BZ Entry added: 04 Feb 2022 |
Advance notice for Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) given. Meeting follows November-December 2021 membership survey and is to debate future direction of BAWAG. EGM to be held at Fakenham Racecourse February 18 2022 starting at 10am. See Events Diary for agenda Entry added: 26 Jan 2022 |
January 2022 Newsletter issued
- look out for this in your inbox Entry added: 26 Jan 2022 |
The latest Environment Agency Hydrological summary Reports for June and July are now on the EA page on the left. Entry added: 17 Aug 2021 |
The latest Environment Agency Hydrological summary Reports for May are now on the EA page on the left. Entry added: 11 May 2021 |
The latest Hydrology informaqtion is now available under the Enviroment Agency tab on the left. Entry added: 19 Apr 2021 |
How are irrigators in other countries coping with today's challenges? Coffee morning with Martin Pasman Wednesday 14 April 2021 from 10:30 to 11:30
This event is FREE for UKIA members Non-members welcome: there is a fee of £25 but why not join us and register for this and other events FREE
Martín is an agricultural engineer, a farmer, and is President of Valmont Industries in Argentina. He has farmed over 50,000 ac of family farmland, has 30 years experience in the irrigation industry and has participated in several land transformation initiatives in one of the world's leading agricultural regions, including Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
How does Martin see the future of irrigation from his base in Argentina?
Entry added: 07 Apr 2021 |
UK Irrigation Association spring conference
Thursday 5 March 2020 at Orton Hall in Peterborough
Can agriculture get a fair share of our nation’s water resources?
Or are we seeing the gradual demise of irrigated farming?
Regulatory changes continue at pace for agricultural abstractors.
Defra and the Environment Agency continue to seek ways to improve
future water resources management for all but the question we continue to ask is,
given the profound expected changes — Can agriculture expect a fair share of the national resource?
How will agriculture fit into the new National Water Framework to be published in January 2020?
How does abstraction fit within the new catchment management strategy as managed by the Rivers Trust?
Irrigated agriculture still does not have a strategy - do we need one?
Droughts are never far away. Should we stop blaming climate change? Asks Mike Muller (guest speaker)
Are we eating ourselves out of water? Asks Tim Hess
A full programme of top-class speakers
Stuart Roberts NFU (TBC), Paul Hickey Environment Agency, Barry Bendall The Rivers Trust,
Lindsay Hargreaves Farmer, Jamie Hannaford CEH, Jerry Knox and Tim Hess Cranfield University
International guest: Mike Muller from South Africa
For full programme and registration go to www.ukia.org
Opportunities for exhibitors call Ruth 01427 717627
Entry added: 14 Jan 2020 |