Bracken Control Group

News Stories

• 26 April 2016
  The Emergency Authorisation for the 2016 season has been issued. See the Asulam page for details.
• 15 March 2016
  Asulam will be available to purchase soon after the start of the Emergency Authorisation period on 16 May 2016 and it will be possible to apply it in the period 1 July - 31 October.
• 14 September 2015
  The end of the Emergency Authorisation period.
• 18 August 2015
  A German company will be demonstrating machinery that can cut bracken on steep slopes and it can also be operated by remote control.
• 27 January 2015
  A meeting of statutory nature conservation bodies, and others with related interests such as the heritage environment, was organised by Natural England, in York, to consider the control of bracken on designated sites in the current regulatory climate.
• 21 November 2014
  Asulam will be available for bracken control in 2015.
• 1 November 2014
  End of the use-up period for Asulam. Holding of a stock of Asulam is no longer authorised.
• 16 September 2014
  Representatives of the Bracken Control Group met near York.
• 15 September 2014
  This is the end of the 120-day period for the Emergency Authorisation that has allowed asulam to be available in 2014.
• 10 July 2014
  UPL has announced that asulam will be available in 5 litre packs later in July. See the latest Newsletter for more details about this, and other issues.