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Guidance note on the methods that can be used to control harmful weeds

Appendix 1: Sources of technical advice on weed control and pasture management

ADAS
(Provide chargeable consultancy advice on weed control)

ADAS
Woodthorne
Wergs Road
Wolverhampton
WV6 8TQ
Tel: (0845) 7660085

Association of Independent Crop Consultants ( AICC)
(provide chargeable consultancy advice on weed control)

AICC
Agriculture House
Station Road
Liss
Hants
GU33 7AR
Tel: (01730) 895354

Aquatic Plant Management Group
(Control of injurious weeds in or near water)

Aquatic Plant Management Group
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
CEH Wallingford
Maclean Building
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxon
OX10 8BB

Tel: 01491 838800
Fax: 01491 692430

Crop Protection Association
(Member companies can supply technical literature)

Crop Protection Association
4 Lincoln Court
Lincoln Road
Peterborough
PE1 2RP
Tel: (01733) 349225
Fax: (01733) 562523

English Nature
(Management of mixtures of rare or unusual plants with injurious weeds)

Headquarters: English Nature
Northminster House
Northminster Road
Peterborough
PE1 1UA
Tel: (01733) 455000
Fax: (01733) 568834

Henry Doubleday Research Association
(Organic gardening, including weed control)

HDRA - Advisory Department
National Centre for Organic Gardening
Ryton-on-Dunsmore
Coventry
CV8 3LG
Tel: (024) 76303517
Fax: (024) 76639229

Machinery Rings Association
(Co-operative Supply of Machinery and Labour)

Wood Street Farm Cottage
Catfield
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR29 5DF
Tel: (01629) 582276
E-mail: s.roberson@farming.co.uk

National Association of Agricultural Contractors
(Member companies in Agricultural Section and Industrial and Amenity Section)

National Association of Agricultural Contractors
Samuelson House
Paxton Road
Orton Centre
Peterborough
PE2 5LT
Tel: (01733) 362920
Fax: (017330 362921

Organic Advisory Service
(Organic farming (including horticulture) and weed control)

Elm Farm Research Centre
Organic Advisory Service
Hamstead Marshall
Newbury
Berkshire
RG20 0HR
Tel: (01488) 657600
Fax: (01488) 658503

United Kingdom Agricultural Supply Trade Association (UKASTA)
(Member companies supply and distribute agrochemicals)

UKASTA Ltd
3 Whitehall Court
London
SW1A 2EQ
Tel: (020) 7930 3611
Fax: (020) 7930 3952

 

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