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Clover root weevil website

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Clover root weevil website

The increasing use of computers by farmers has led to a growth in the number of farming websites. In 2006 AgResearch scientist John Kean set up a website to provide information on a serious pest, the clover root weevil. The site proved popular with farmers.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Rural media – From print to digital publications, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18028/clover-root-weevil-website (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.