ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant Grant. Counties, municipalities, tribal governments, and weed management entities (including weed management areas) may apply for grants to mitigate noxious weeds around the state. Grants for fiscal year 2022 will be funded up […]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Tree felling — whether by professional loggers in a forest setting or by landscapers in urban and rural landscapes — is the most dangerous job in what are two of the most dangerous industries, according to Penn State researchers who conducted a new study of associated deaths. The Occupational Safety and […]

CLEMSON, S.C. — It’s been hiding all winter, but now cogongrass is about to show its ugly face. Its springtime bloom will give South Carolinians a chance to identity and eliminate it before the invasive weed continues to wreck native ecology as well as farmers’ pastures, fields and forests. “The bloom stage is its most […]