![Jared Goplen looking at plant in lab](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Jared-Goplen.jpg?h=79a27500&itok=Np_hNztK)
In 2015, Minnesota lawmakers approved legislation that created the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Tech Transfer program (AGREETT). With AGREETT funding, in 2017 Extension hired Jared Goplen, a University of Minnesota Extension crops educator based in Morris.