2025 - Scottish IPM Assessment Plan for Grassland

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Welcome to Scotland’s IPM Assessment Plan for farmers growing primarily grass.

IPM plan is a component of the Whole Farm Plan, see Whole Farm Plan full guidance

Completing the plan

This IPM planning tool is split into 2 sections:

Survey – containing survey style questions which cover understanding of IPM and details of your farm
Plan – establishes an IPM strategy for the coming year

For more information about grassland weed control, read the Voluntary Initiative’s guide here.

Any information that you supply may be shared on an anonymous basis with third party organisations for research and policy development purposes.

Survey

1. How familiar are you with Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?

The Scottish IPM Plan aligns with Scotland’s Vison for sustainable and regenerative farming. https://www.gov.scot/publications/next-step-delivering-vision-scotland-leader-sustainable-regenerative-farming/

IPM is a whole farm approach to pest management that maximises productivity whilst minimising negative impacts on the environment. It is an integrated approach that maximises the benefits of all methods of pest (weed) control, including physical, chemical, biological and cultural.

Not at all familiar

Somewhat unfamiliar

Moderately familiar

Familiar

Very familiar

2. What proportion of the land that you farm or manage is annually treated with herbicide? *

This refers to the approximate area treated, particularly where spot-spraying/weed-wiping has been carried out.

%

3. How important is soil, grass and stock management as part of your strategy to control weeds?

Choose one item per row.

Questions	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important nor unimportant	Important	Essential
Soil management (fertility, compaction, drainage)	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important nor unimportant	Important	Essential
Sward management (measuring growth, quality, species mix, reseeding)	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important nor unimportant	Important	Essential
Stock management (over/under grazing, poaching)	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important nor unimportant	Important	Essential
Integration of all of the above	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important nor unimportant	Important	Essential

4. Name the specific weeds which you see as being of the greatest concern to pasture production on the land that you farm.

You do not need to fill in all boxes.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

5. Which of the following statements best describes your relationship with your agronomist/adviser.

Please choose one item.

I rely on them and act on their recommendations

I tell them what I want from them and they respond to meet my wishes

We decide on the weed management strategy together

I listen to their advice but will always consult other sources of information

I listen to their advice but adjust recommendations if needed when in the field

I don't use an agronomist

I do my own agronomy

6. What, if anything, is most preventing you from increasing uptake of IPM practices?

7. What is your position on the farm?

More than one box may be ticked.

Owner

Tenant

Farm worker/ sprayer operator

Contractor

Farm manager

Agronomist

8. How much land do you farm under the following categories?

Grassland less than 5 years old Ha (Not Certified Organic)

Ha (Certified Organic)

Permanent pasture (over 5 years old) Ha (Not Certified Organic)

Ha (Not Certified Organic)

Rough grazing Ha (Not Certified Organic)

Ha (Certified Organic)

Biodiversity scheme

For example Countryside Stewardship, supply chain initiatives, LEAF, SFI, AECS etc

Ha (Not Certified Organic)

Ha (Certified Organic)

Estimate what % of the land you farm is:

ownership	percentage
Owned?	owned %
Rented/leased?	Rented/leased %
Contract farmed	Contract farmed %
Croft Status	Croft Status %

What livestock do you have on your farm?

Dairy

Beef

Deer

Sheep

Other (please specify)

Your Details

Welcome to Scotland’s IPM Assessment Plan for farmers growing primarily grass.

1. How familiar are you with Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? *

Survey

1. How familiar are you with Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?

2. What proportion of the land that you farm or manage is annually treated with herbicide? *

3. How important is soil, grass and stock management as part of your strategy to control weeds?

4. Name the specific weeds which you see as being of the greatest concern to pasture production on the land that you farm.

5. Which of the following statements best describes your relationship with your agronomist/adviser.

6. What, if anything, is most preventing you from increasing uptake of IPM practices?

7. What is your position on the farm?

8. How much land do you farm under the following categories?