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<p>Effective weed control is key to successful crop production and grassland management.
Herbicides are one means of controlling weeds but there are a number of other tools
including variety selection, crop rotation and cultivation techniques. Regulation
of herbicides is rigorous and they are not authorised for use if they may harm health
or risk unacceptable impacts on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The 25 Year Environment
Plan states the Government’s intention to put Integrated Pest Management (IPM) at
the heart of its approach. IPM aims to design farming systems so as to minimise the
need for pesticides, including herbicides, and to make the greatest possible use of
alternative approaches. We will develop and implement policies that encourage and
support this approach, building on existing work to research and promote new techniques
and products that provide alternatives to chemical pesticides. Where these practices
are shown to deliver environmental outcomes, farmers who adopt them will be well placed
to benefit from a future Environmental Land Management system.</p><p> </p>
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