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Agriculture officials warned Thursday of an invasive weed native to eastern Asia that has been found in Iowa for the first time after a landowner found it growing on the edge of a wooded area ...
A new invasive weed was found in Iowa for the first time. Mile-a-minute is a vine from eastern Asia, it has been found in mid-Atlantic U.S. states, but only as far west as Indiana or Kentucky and ...
An eastern Asian weed found its way into Iowa this year. Mile-a-minute weed is invasive and has been found as far west as Indiana and Kentucky with one outlier in Oregon. This is the plant’s ...
Its vine looks very similar, and if you allow it to flower — please don’t, ... Classified as a noxious weed in Iowa and other states, bindweed left unchecked can form tangled mats, ...
Across the state of Iowa, Wesley Everman, assistant professor and weed specialist at Iowa State University Extension, said it ...
Corn plants dry in the sun and wind on farm land north of The Eastern Iowa Airport in southwest Cedar Rapids in October 2023. Iowa experienced the longest drought in 50 years, from 2021 to 2023.
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A: Mid-August to mid-September is the best time to establish a lawn from seed in Iowa and Illinois. Late summer planting has several advantages over spring seeding. The seeds of cool-season ...