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.
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and how we could expand on it.
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| Name | Location  |
Farm type | Main weed problem | Farm Size (ha) |
| Colin Peters | Bedfordshire | arable | dock, thistle | 61 |
| James Norman | Berkshire | mixed (cereal) | couch, dock, thistle | 109 |
| Louise Thompson | Berkshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle | 93 |
| Simon Viner | Berkshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, nettle, thistle | 890 |
| Steve Castle | Berkshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle | 69 |
| Michael Allwood | Cheshire | livestock | dock | 93 |
| Martin Steer | Cheshire | mixed (cereal/veg) | dock, ragwort | 24.3 |
| Robert Bostock | Cheshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, sowthistle | 255 |
| John Erlam | Chesire | mixed (cereal) | couch, dock, thistle | 59 |
| Paul Harris | Cornwall | arable | charlock, dock | 162 |
| Jim Candy | Cornwall | mixed (cereal/veg) | perennials | 104 |
| Ashley Hedges | Derbyshire | livestock | dock, thistle | 87 |
| Iain Cochrane | Devon | livestock | dock, thistle | 20 |
| Elizabeth Buchanan | East Sussex | livestock | dock, thistle | 40 |
| Chris Peachey | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal) | blackgrass, dock | 300 |
| Dick Roper | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle, wild oat | 1214 |
| Keith Walby | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal) | couch, dock, fat hen | 43 |
| John Newman | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal/veg) | blackgrass, couch, dock, thistle | 635 |
| Simon Tomlinson | Gloucestershire | mixed (cereal) | dock | 364 |
| David Wilson | Gloucestershire | mixed | docks, wild oats | 728 |
| Christopher Stockdale | Herefordshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, nettle, thistle | 20 |
| David Thornley | Herefordshire | mixed (cereal) | perennials | 50 |
| Paul and Elizabeth Izod | Herefordshire | horticultural | dock, thistle | 4.0 |
| Martin Harris | Herefordshire | mixed | docks | 13 |
| Dan Seaborne | Herefordshire | mixed (cereal) | docks, wild oats, couch, charlock | 224 |
| Nigel and Paul Fraser | Herefordshire | mixed (dairy, arable, vegetable) | chickweed, some annuals, creeping thistle | 160 |
| Martin and Rachel Soble | Herefordshire | fruit and vegetable | docks | 18 |
| Phil Pennington | Hertfordshire | livestock | dock, nettle, ragwort, thistle | 202 |
| Gerry Minister | Kent | mixed (cereal/veg) | general problems | 393 |
| Hilary Jones | Kent | livestock | thistle | 80 |
| Geoffrey Parkinson | Lancashire | mixed (cereal) | dock, nettle | 42 |
| Alan Schofield | Lancashire | horticultural | docks | 1.4 |
| Richard Mee | Leicestershire | mixed | couch, creeping thistle, docks, wild oats, vol.beans | 263 |
| Graeme Matravers | Leicestershire | mixed | docks, wild oats, creeping thistle | 121 |
| John and Guy Turner | Leicestershire | mixed (cereal) | docks, spear thistle, chickweed | 97 |
| David Leech | Lincolnshire | arable | dock | 100 |
| Bill Cormack | Lincolnshire | arable (stockless) | creeping thistle, couch | 21 |
| Alistair Beales | Norfolk | mixed | annuals, dock, thistle | 73 |
| Coen Van Beuningen | Norfolk | mixed (cereal/veg) | perennials | 140 |
| Donald Morton | Norfolk | horticultural | thistle, nettle, general problems | 283 |
| Lester Lavington | North Somerset | mixed (cereal) | dock | 174 |
| David Redgate | Nottinghamshire | mixed (cereal) | dock | 89 |
| Philip Day | Oxfordshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle, wild oat, volunteer | 405 |
| Peter Wheeler | Pembrokshire | mixed (cereal) | hemlock, ragwort | 101 |
| Edward Goff | Shropshire | mixed (cereal) | charlock | 57 |
| John & Tim Downes | Shropshire | mixed (cereal) | dock | 227 |
| Oliver Dowding | Somerset | mixed (cereal) | couch, dock, redshank | 445 |
| Peter Cornish | South Yorksire | arable and horticultural | wild oats, couch | 800 |
| Roger Jones | Suffolk | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle, blackgrass | 147 |
| Alan Simpson | Suffolk | horticultural | creeping thistle, vol.potatoes, couch and docks | 3.6 |
| Paul Redmore | Surrey | mixed (cereal) | dock, mayweed, thistle | 405 |
| George Browning | Warwickshire | mixed (cereal/veg) | dock, ragwort | 32 |
| John and Nicki Saunders | Warwickshire | mixed (cereal) | dock | 73 |
| Joe Scott | Warwickshire | mixed (cereal) | blackgrass, charlock, volunteers | 1416 |
| Wallace McCurdie | Warwickshire | mixed (cereal) | dock, thistle | 220 |
| Karl Barton | West Sussex | mixed (cereal) | dock, ragwort | 1052 |
| Adrian Hares | Wiltshire | mixed | blackgrass | 121 |
| Hugh Collins | Wiltshire | horticultural | chickweed, dock, grasses | 4.5 |
| Anon | Wiltshire | mixed (cereal) | general problems | 728 |
| Richard Styles | Worcestershire | mixed (cereal/veg) | couch, dock, thistle | 141 |
| Pete Berry | Yorkshire | mixed (cereal) | annuals | 76 |
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