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Extension is in every county of Minnesota. Contact your local Extension office by clicking on your county.
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- Swine blog
- The Moos Room podcast
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Contacts by species
Eric Mousel, Extension educator
[email protected] or 218-327-5958 Extension 3002
- Cow/calf management
- Grazing and grazing systems
- Cover crop systems
Social media
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
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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
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
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
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
Reviewed in 2025