Actually the law does not say that farmers are supposed to remove ragwort. In extreme cases people may be ordered to control it but with out an order there is no compulsion.
Also ragwort we know from an official survey is actually decreasing.
For more information see Ragwort Facts
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The term is "Injurious weeds" Those of us who have studied Latin will know that in this context it means harmful to the interests of agriculture.
The other weeds are not toxic.
It was a private member's bill as a result of lobbying with FALSE statistics.
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It is important to know that there is a great deal of unnecessary panic at large about ragwort at present. The Advertising Standards Authority took action against a range of companies and organisations recently who were exaggerating its toxicity or misinforming people about the law.
These...