Contacts for managing a farm
Contacts by subject
For general questions, please contact abm@umn.edu.
For Women in Ag Network, contact Sarah Schieck Boelke, University of Minnesota Extension Educator, at schi0466@umn.edu.
Emily Krekelberg, Extension Educator, Farm Safety & Health
krek0033@umn.edu
Cell: 612-756-3977
Farmer-lender mediation
Mary Nell Preisler, director, Farmer Lender Mediation
preis002@umn.edu
218-935-5785
Annalisa Hultberg, Extension educator
hultb006@umn.edu
612-625-1951
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, program manager
thbrown@umn.edu or 763-260-4423
Questions about mail-in and online exams
ppathelp@umn.edu or 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
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 workshop questions
Jolene C. Hendrix, Extension educator and program manager
jhendrix@umn.edu or 763-767-3842
Structural, stored grain and fumigation, and food processing certification and workshop questions
Stephen Kells, co-coordinator and Extension entomologist
kells002@umn.edu or 612-625-4798