USDA Warns About Mystery Seeds

Mystery seeds from china are showing up in states across the country.

Mystery seeds from china are showing up in states across the country.

Now the u?

"*s?

"* and state agricultural officials have a warning who've received the unwanted seeds.

Live kimt news 3's alex jirgens is live in mason city.

Alex ?

"* what should folks do?xxx katie ?

"* i personally have yet to receive any packs of these seeds here in my mailbox.

But if you do get these ?

"* what do you with them?

The u?

"*s?

"*d* warning people to not open ?

"* plant or destroy these mystery seeds.

Reports say that people have been receiving unsolicited packages that appear to originate from china and a few other asian countries like uzbekistan.

Sarah deboer (de?

"*boar) from iowa state extension says the best thing to do is keep ahold of them ?

"* as the effects thee seeds have are unknown ?

"* and they could be "they can be an invasive weed, they can be an invasive plant, or they can carry diseases, which is a lot worse than that, and that can hurt existing crops and things that we have here."

The u?

"*s?

"*d says these mystery seeds are a form of brushing ?

"* where foreign third party sellers will make it look like you wrote a great online review in order to boost their sales numbers.

Live in mason city ?

*- alex jirgens?

"*?

"* kimt news thank you alex.

You can report the seeds through the iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship ?

"* or the minnesota department of agriculture.

Iowa state entomologist robin pruisner (pruz?

"*nerr) says a plan to send the seeds in for an investigation is still being developed./// coronavirus