Farmers sought in fight against new grass-weed

Farmers are being asked to assist in a new study looking at the spread of rat鈥檚 tail fescue, a grass-weed that is already posing problems in France, Switzerland, Spain and Denmark - and is now starting to take hold in England

Alice Dyer

14 June 2021 鈥� 2 min read

Farmers are being asked to assist in a new study looking at the spread of rat's tail fescue, a grass-weed that is already posing problems in France, Switzerland, Spain and Denmark - and is now starting...

How one Cheshire farmer is using mixed farming to get on top of grass-weeds

For Cheshire farmer Mike Jones, tackling grass-weeds has not come from one silver bullet solution. Instead, it has been the result of building a more flexible mixed farming system where livestock, forage crops, cultivation strategy and innovative new chemistry all work together

Alice Dyer

01 August 2026 鈥� 6 min read