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