Contacts for animals and livestock

Eric Mousel, Extension educator
[email protected] or 218-327-5958 Extension 3002

• Cow/calf management
• Grazing and grazing systems
• Cover crop systems

Social media

• Beef team on YouTube

[email protected]

Marcia Endres, Extension dairy specialist
[email protected] or 612-624-5391

• Dairy systems management
• Dairy cattle welfare and behavior
• Automation and animal monitoring technologies in dairy production
• Group housing for pre-weaned dairy calves

Brad Heins, Extension dairy specialist
[email protected] or 320-589-1711 ext. 2118

• Organic dairy production
• Crossbreeding in dairy cattle
• Group calf rearing systems
• Precision technologies
• Renewable energy systems

Jim Salfer, Extension educator
[email protected] or 320-203-6093

• Dairy production
• Dairy management and records
• Dairy strategic planning
• Automation and robotics

Social media

• Dairy Facebook

Krishona Martinson, Extension equine specialist
[email protected] or 612-625-6776

• Pasture, hay and other forages for horses
• Weed and plants poisonous to horses
• Equine carcass composting
• Horse industry trends

Social media

• Horse Facebook
• Horse YouTube

Carol Cardona, Extension specialist, poultry virologist
[email protected] or 651-253-2870 (leave a message)

• Avian Influenza
• Secure Poultry Supply and Secure Upland Game Bird Supply plans
• Biosecurity

Erin Cortus, Extension engineer
[email protected] or 612-625-8288

• Engineering expertise for sustainable animal agriculture systems
• Air quality impacts of different manure management practices in swine, poultry, dairy and beef cattle barns
• Biosecurity simulations
• Ventilation and microclimate control for poultry and livestock housing   

Tim Johnson, Professor
[email protected] or 701-388-5173

• Bacterial diseases of poultry
• Antibiotic resistance and antibiotic alternatives including probiotics
• Use of genomics tools for tracking pathogens
• Leads development of stackable poultry training programs for aspiring and current poultry professionals

Rob Porter, Professor
[email protected] or 612-624-7400

• Poultry veterinary medicine
• Investigation of infectious, metabolic or toxic disease

Social media

• Poultry Facebook
• Poultry YouTube

Travis Hoffman, Extension sheep specialist
[email protected] or 701-231-2222

• Sheep production management
• Sheep industry economics
• Lamb quality and marketing
• Wool quality and marketing

Samuel Kofi Baidoo, Extension swine specialist
[email protected] or office:  507-837-5626, cell: 507-271-2399

• Swine nutrition and feeding systems
• Nutritional modulation on sow reproduction
• Swine welfare and production systems
• Pork Quality Assurance, Transport Quality Assurance and Common Swine Audit

Sarah Schieck Boelke, Extension educator
[email protected] or 320-235-0726 ext. 2004

• Pork Quality Assurance and Transport Quality Assurance
• Biosecurity
• Swine nutrition and management
• Common Swine Industry Audit

Diane DeWitte, Extension educator
[email protected] or 507-384-1745

• Pork Quality Assurance Plus and Transport Quality Assurance
• Organic, niche and small farm swine
• Swine reproduction and management
• Biosecurity

Lee J. Johnston, Extension swine specialist
[email protected] or 320-589-1711 ext. 2117

• Nutrition
• Production systems
• Housing
• Renewable energy use

Social media

• Swine Facebook
• Swine YouTube

[email protected]

Chryseis Modderman, Extension educator
[email protected] or 320-589-1711 ext. 2153

• Manure nutrient management and application
• Manure in cropping systems
• Manure and water quality

Melissa Wilson, Extension manure specialist
[email protected] or 612-625-4276

• Manure nutrient management for crop production
• Nutrient management planning
• Alternative methods of land application

Social media

• Manure Management X
• Manure Management YouTube