In an effort to control spotted knapweed, the Missouri Departments of Agriculture and Conservation and UMC Extension are releasing weevils that eat the seeds and attack the roots of spotted knapweed.

Missourians, to arms! An invading army is sneaking across Missouri’s borders hidden in bales of hay, poisoning Show-Me natives and taking over thousands of acres of prime pasture and wildlife habitat. Now is the time to attack, while they are most exposed.

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