Peter Cornish
Case Studies on Weed Management
Peter Cornish
South Yorksire
Farm characteristics
Farm size: 800 hectares (1976 acres) (by 2006, also 900 ha (2224ac) farmed conventionally)
Farm type: arable and horticultural
Altitude: 2 m (6.5
Rainfall: 733 mm (29
Soil type/aspect: very mixed ranging from peat over sand to sand and peat over clay to clay
Basic rotation: winter or spring cereal crop, some type of break crop, 1-2 years fertility building e.g. 1 year vetch or 2 years grass clover ley, brassica
Enterprises: 160 ha (395 ac) vegetables (primarily brassica
Prior land use: staged conversion beginning in 1997, was previously arable land with some field vegetables and a dairy unit
Weeding equipment: two Steketee hoes, brush weeder, Lillingston rolling cultivator, side hoe purpose built for carrots, gas burner, flat bed weeder, Opico harrow, spring tine harrow, flail topper, hand hoes and hand held gas burner
Business: on the whole farm 2 full time managers, 5 full time staff, 1 owner part time, 1 secretary, contractors and 60-70 casuals
Marketing: mainly supermarket sales for the vegetables, cereals going into the general organic market
Weed problems
Attitude to weeds
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