Weeds

The BCPC Weeds Working Group meets three times a year and delivers the annual BCPC Weeds Review to an invited audience which includes researchers, advisers, growers and industry representatives. The Review comprises presentations from invited speakers on topics of current interest. To see details of the next Review and to view presentations from previous Reviews click here

The annual BCPC Weeds Review provides an excellent forum for debate and discussion on the current hot topics on weed control in crop protection. It looks at emerging technologies and offers attendees an excellent networking opportunity. Jason Tatnell - Ex Weed Review Chairman

Current membership of the group is

Name Company Additional information
Richard Hull (Chairman) Rothamsted Research
Weed Research.
EWRS Member.
WRAG secretary.
Lynn Tatnell (Secretary) ADAS
Weed Research.
EWRS member.
Barrie Hunt Gowan
Technical specialist
Member of the Bracken Control Group.
BCPC Advisory Board member
EWRS member
WRAG member
Tim Martin AICC
Independent agronomist working for farm businesses in East Anglia.
Jim Orson BCPC
Weed biologist
BCPC Executive member
Ingrid Den Hoed Defra / Chemicals Regulations Directorate
WRAG Member.
Member EPPO working party on herbicides.
Julian Hasler NFU
Farmer
NFU representative
Peter Lutman Ex-Rothamsted
Weed biology and control specialist
EWRS Member
Bob Froud- Williams Ex-Reading University
Weed biology specialist
Past president EWRS
Brian Taylor The Knotweed Company
Invasive Weed Control
Nicola Perry Corteva
Herbicide technical specialist
Georgina Young Syngenta
Herbicide technical specialist
Nick Tillett Tillett & Hague
Mechanical Weed Control
Henry Creissen Institute for Agronomy & Agriculture, UHI Orkney
Crop protection
Jon Bellamy NIAB
Crop protection / herbicide control
Holly Pratt Adama
Herbicide technical Specialist
Siobhan Hillman AHDB
Crop Protection Scientist (Pests & Weeds)
John Cussans ADAS
Weed Biology and Management Specialist
Sean McNeilage CRD
Efficacy Specialist
Jamie Oakley Bayer Crop Science
Market Development Agronomist
Pam Chambers Bristish Sugar
Weed Specialist
Angela Huckle Deben Agronomy
R&D Agronomist
James Rimmer VCS Agronomy
Managing Director
Jonathan Galloway Syngenta
Regional Technical Manager
Hannah Jones NIAB
Weed Management Specialist
Paul Fogg Frontier Agriculture
Crop Production Technical Lead
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Supported by
We are very grateful for the sponsorship support from a number of companies in the industry. This support enables the BCPC Weeds Review to disseminate topical research findings and knowledge to a broad audience, including the farm advisory community. Julian Westaway - BCPC General Manager