If clover root weevil is an issue in your area, pasture renewal should incorporate a non-clover break crop.

This weevil cannot survive in the absence of clover, so a clover free break crop provides a temporary weevil free environment that will allow clover seedlings to establish before the weevil reinvades. This will also produce plant nematodes, plant pathogens and weeds, and benefit the new pasture.

For more information on Clover root weevil, including biology, impact and control, click on the link below:

• Clover root weevil

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