Noxious Weeds Spread to Eight New Minnesota Counties reports MDA – two are in Rice County

St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) confirmed in 2019 five species of weeds on the state’s Noxious Weed Prohibited Eradicate List for the first time in eight counties.

Weeds categorized as Prohibited Eradicate are the worst types of weeds. The law requires species on this list to have all above- and below-ground plant parts destroyed because the weeds may be harmful to public health, the environment, public roads, crops, livestock, or other property.

Read the full press release including which counties, two of the weeds are in Rice County.

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