TY - JOUR AU - Johnson, Clarence TI - Management of weeder geese in commercial fields JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1960/08/01 VL - 14 IS - 8 SP - 5 EP - 5 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v014n08p5 AB - Weeding with geese has proved to be an effective and cheap means of controlling grassy annual and perennial weeds when combined with other good farming practices. From 175,000 to 200,000 geese are being used in crops in California each year; the practice has been widely accepted and has spread rapidly since geese were first used for weeding commercial fields about seven years ago.