Missouri among states reporting mysterious seed packages

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Missouri among states reporting mysterious seed packages

Missouri is among the states getting reports from people who have received unsolicited seeds in the mail from China.

Jacob Fleig is program coordinator for the Missouri Agriculture Department’s Feed and Seed Bureau. He tells Brownfield Ag News, “This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this. We had one back in early as June that we referred to USDA that they jumped right on and started an investigation.”

Fleig tells Brownfield several reports came in from Missourians over the weekend of unidentified seeds that could be invasive species or prohibited or noxious weeds.

“If they got planted, the risk would be that they could crowd out our native species and damage our crop production.”

Any Missourian who receives the suspect seeds is urged not to plant them and to contact the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

Interview with Jacob Fleig^^

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