Extension is expanding its online education and resources while in-person events and classes are canceled.
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
Farm Information Line
For general questions, contact 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 needs.
Call: 1-800-232-9077
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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.
Farm Information Line
For general questions, contact 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 needs.
Call: 1-800-232-9077
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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 program questions
Jolene C. Hendrix, Extension educator and program manager
jhendrix@umn.edu
763-767-3842
Workshop registration 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