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- Announcement Regarding Kansas Noxious Weed List:
- Pignut has been removed from the list
- Additions to the list:
- Spotted Knapweed and Diffuse Knapweed added to the list as category A noxious weeds
- Common Teasel and Cutleaf Teasel added to the list as category B noxious weeds
- Amur Honeysuckle added to the list as category C noxious weeds
The purpose of our program is to:
- Protect the state's native and cultivated plants from the introduction and outbreak of harmful plant pests, including insects, plant diseases, weeds and other organisms;
- Provide inspection and certification services to ensure compliance with statutes and quarantines and to facilitate movement of plants and plant products to other states and countries.
- Manage pests of regulatory significance within the state
- Ensure that plants, plant products, and seed offered for sale in Kansas meet the requirements of the Plant Pest and Agricultural Commodity Act, the Kansas Seed Law, the Kansas Noxious Weed Law, and the Commercial Industrial Hemp Act
Statutes, Regulations and Quarantines
- Plant Pest and Agriculture Commodity Certification Act
- Callery Pear Quarantine
- Kansas Tree and Shrubbery Law
- Kansas Noxious Weed Law and Regulations
- Federal Noxious Weed Quarantine
- Grecian Foxglove Quarantine
- Industrial Hemp Statutes
- Industrial Hemp Regulations
- Karnal Bunt Quarantine
- Purple Loosestrife Quarantine
- Seed Law Statutes (July 2022)
- Seed Law Regulations (December 2023)
- Tamarix (Salt Cedar) Quarantine
- Thousand Canker Disease of Walnut Quarantine
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