Case Studies on Weed Management
Over 50 farmers have taken part in this study to share their thoughts and
experiences on weed management. We have written their comments up as case
studies that can be accessed by clicking on the links below.
You can sort the list by name, location (to
county level), farm
type (arable, mixed, livestock, horticultural) or main
weed problems. Feel free to make constructive comments
or suggestions on each case using the add comments button,
or alternatively, you are welcome to raise points through the
general open forum page.
Also, please let us know if you find this kind of case study work useful
and how we could expand on it.
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Name  |
Location | Farm type | Main weed problem | Farm Size (ha) |
| Adrian Hares | Wiltshire | mixed | blackgrass | 121 |
| Alan Schofield | Lancashire | horticultural | docks | 1.4 |
| Alan Simpson | Suffolk | horticultural | creeping thistle, vol.potatoes, couch and docks | 3.6 |
| Alistair Beales | Norfolk | mixed | annuals, dock, thistle | 73 |
| Anon | Wiltshire | mixed (cereal) | general problems | 728 |
| Ashley Hedges | Derbyshire | livestock | dock, thistle | 87 |
| Bill Cormack | Lincolnshire | arable (stockless) | creeping thistle, couch | 21 |
| Chris Peachey | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal) | blackgrass, dock | 300 |
| Christopher Stockdale | Herefordshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, nettle, thistle | 20 |
| Coen Van Beuningen | Norfolk | mixed (cereal/veg) | perennials | 140 |
| Colin Peters | Bedfordshire | arable | dock, thistle | 61 |
| Dan Seaborne | Herefordshire | mixed (cereal) | docks, wild oats, couch, charlock | 224 |
| David Leech | Lincolnshire | arable | dock | 100 |
| David Redgate | Nottinghamshire | mixed (cereal) | dock | 89 |
| David Thornley | Herefordshire | mixed (cereal) | perennials | 50 |
| David Wilson | Gloucestershire | mixed | docks, wild oats | 728 |
| Dick Roper | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle, wild oat | 1214 |
| Donald Morton | Norfolk | horticultural | thistle, nettle, general problems | 283 |
| Edward Goff | Shropshire | mixed (cereal) | charlock | 57 |
| Elizabeth Buchanan | East Sussex | livestock | dock, thistle | 40 |
| Geoffrey Parkinson | Lancashire | mixed (cereal) | dock, nettle | 42 |
| George Browning | Warwickshire | mixed (cereal/veg) | dock, ragwort | 32 |
| Gerry Minister | Kent | mixed (cereal/veg) | general problems | 393 |
| Graeme Matravers | Leicestershire | mixed | docks, wild oats, creeping thistle | 121 |
| Hilary Jones | Kent | livestock | thistle | 80 |
| Hugh Collins | Wiltshire | horticultural | chickweed, dock, grasses | 4.5 |
| Iain Cochrane | Devon | livestock | dock, thistle | 20 |
| James Norman | Berkshire | mixed (cereal) | couch, dock, thistle | 109 |
| Jim Candy | Cornwall | mixed (cereal/veg) | perennials | 104 |
| Joe Scott | Warwickshire | mixed (cereal) | blackgrass, charlock, volunteers | 1416 |
| John & Tim Downes | Shropshire | mixed (cereal) | dock | 227 |
| John and Guy Turner | Leicestershire | mixed (cereal) | docks, spear thistle, chickweed | 97 |
| John and Nicki Saunders | Warwickshire | mixed (cereal) | dock | 73 |
| John Erlam | Chesire | mixed (cereal) | couch, dock, thistle | 59 |
| John Newman | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal/veg) | blackgrass, couch, dock, thistle | 635 |
| Karl Barton | West Sussex | mixed (cereal) | dock, ragwort | 1052 |
| Keith Walby | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal) | couch, dock, fat hen | 43 |
| Lester Lavington | North Somerset | mixed (cereal) | dock | 174 |
| Louise Thompson | Berkshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle | 93 |
| Martin and Rachel Soble | Herefordshire | fruit and vegetable | docks | 18 |
| Martin Harris | Herefordshire | mixed | docks | 13 |
| Martin Steer | Cheshire | mixed (cereal/veg) | dock, ragwort | 24.3 |
| Michael Allwood | Cheshire | livestock | dock | 93 |
| Nigel and Paul Fraser | Herefordshire | mixed (dairy, arable, vegetable) | chickweed, some annuals, creeping thistle | 160 |
| Oliver Dowding | Somerset | mixed (cereal) | couch, dock, redshank | 445 |
| Paul and Elizabeth Izod | Herefordshire | horticultural | dock, thistle | 4.0 |
| Paul Harris | Cornwall | arable | charlock, dock | 162 |
| Paul Redmore | Surrey | mixed (cereal) | dock, mayweed, thistle | 405 |
| Pete Berry | Yorkshire | mixed (cereal) | annuals | 76 |
| Peter Cornish | South Yorksire | arable and horticultural | wild oats, couch | 800 |
| Peter Wheeler | Pembrokshire | mixed (cereal) | hemlock, ragwort | 101 |
| Phil Pennington | Hertfordshire | livestock | dock, nettle, ragwort, thistle | 202 |
| Philip Day | Oxfordshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle, wild oat, volunteer | 405 |
| Richard Mee | Leicestershire | mixed | couch, creeping thistle, docks, wild oats, vol.beans | 263 |
| Richard Styles | Worcestershire | mixed (cereal/veg) | couch, dock, thistle | 141 |
| Robert Bostock | Cheshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, sowthistle | 255 |
| Roger Jones | Suffolk | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle, blackgrass | 147 |
| Simon Tomlinson | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal) | dock | 364 |
| Simon Viner | Berkshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, nettle, thistle | 890 |
| Steve Castle | Berkshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle | 69 |
| Wallace McCurdie | Warwickshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle | 220 |
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