Contacts for managing a farm
For general questions, please contact abm@umn.edu.
For Women in Ag Network, contact Megan Roberts, Extension educator, meganr@umn.edu
For general questions, contact the Farm Information Line.
When you call the Farm Information Line, you'll get reliable, research-based answers from Extension agriculture and natural resources experts. It's a statewide service backed by a network of local educators, so you'll get information to meet your specific needs.
Call: 1-800-232-9077
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
February through June 30, 2020 expanded hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Afterhours: Leave a voicemail and we'll return your call the next business day.
Anytime: Email us at fil@umn.edu.
Farmer-lender mediation
Mary Nell Preisler, director, Farmer Lender Mediation
preis002@umn.edu
218-935-5785
Farm financial counseling
If you or a farmer you know is experiencing financial stress, contact the Farm Information Line at 1-800-232-9077 to set up a financial counseling session. Financial counseling is free and completely confidential.
For general questions, contact the Farm Information Line.
When you call the Farm Information Line, you'll get reliable, research-based answers from Extension agriculture and natural resources experts. It's a statewide service backed by a network of local educators, so you'll get information to meet your specific needs.
Call: 1-800-232-9077
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
February through June 30, 2020 expanded hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Afterhours: Leave a voicemail and we'll return your call the next business day.
Anytime: Email us at fil@umn.edu.
Private applicator education questions
If you apply restricted use pesticides to your own land or sites for the production of agricultural commodities
Questions about private applicator workshops
Tana Haugen-Brown, co-coordinator
thbrown@umn.edu
763-260-4423
Questions about mail-in and online exams
ppathelp@umn.edu
612-624-1942
Weather cancellations
Wondering if a private applicator workshop is still on? Contact the Farm Information Line.
1-800-232-9077 or fil@umn.edu.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Commercial, noncommercial and structural pesticide applicator questions
If you apply pesticides on your employer's or customer's land or sites
Commercial and noncommercial pesticide certification questions
Tana Haugen-Brown, co-coordinator
thbrown@umn.edu
763-260-4423
Registration and workshop information
Mary Ferguson, operations manager
m-ferg@umn.edu
612-625-4271
Structural, stored grain and fumigation, and food processing certification and workshop questions
Stephen Kells, co-coordinator and Extension entomologist
kells002@umn.edu
612-625-4798
Annalisa Hultberg, Extension educator, hultb006@umn.edu, 612-625-1951
Anne Sawyer, Extension educator, sawye177@umn.edu, 651-480-7704