Program directory
We offer more than 40 programs uniting expertise throughout food,agricultural and natural resource sciences. Our educational programs make research practical and useful to Minnesotans. EFANS program list (.pdf)
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Agricultural Business Management
Program leader: Kent Olson
Agricultural Business Management
For external audiences
Internal operations
- Audiences: Minnesota farmers, farm business management association members, marketing clubs, crop insurance agents, agricultural lenders, elevator managers, farm business management educators, landowners, state and federal policymakers
- Partners: Department of Applied Economics, Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, Country Hedging Inc. (subsidiary of Cenex Harvest States), Iowa Farm Bureau, Risk Management Agency (USDA), Farm Service Agency (USDA), Minnesota Department of Agriculture, National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS), Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU) Adult Farm Business Management Program
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
Program team leader: Kent Olson
Campus Faculty
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Brian Buhr
Professor
612-625-1273
buhrx002@umn.edu
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William Lazarus
Professor
612-625-8150
wlazarus@umn.edu |
Steven Taff
Associate Professor
612-625-3103
sjtaff@umn.edu |
Terry Hurley
Associate Professor
612-625-0216
hurle008@umn.edu
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Kent Olson
Professor
612-625-7723
kdolson@umn.edu |
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Extension educators, regional
David Bau
Associate Extension Professor
507-372-3906
bauxx003@umn.edu |
Rob Holcomb
Extension Educator
507-337-2807
holcombr@umn.edu |
Bret Oelke
Associate Extension Professor
218-998-5787
oelke002@umn.edu |
Bill Craig
Associate Extension Professor
218-281-8692
craig030@umn.edu
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Kevin Klair
Extension Professor
612-625-6237
klair001@umn.edu |
David Wynn Richardson
Extension Professor
612-625-5283
wynn@umn.edu |
Robert Craven
Extension Professor
612-625-6701
rcraven@umn.edu |
James Kurtz
Assistant Extension Professor
507-372-3900
kurtz033@umn.edu |
Douglas Tiffany
Assistant Extension Professor
612-625-6715
tiffa002@umn.edu |
Gary Hachfeld
Extension Professor
507-389-6722
hachf002@umn.edu |
Dale Nordquist
Extension Professor
612-625-6760
dnord@umn.edu |
Edward Usset
Program Instructor/Research Fellow
612-625-7014
usset001@umn.edu |
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Minnesota Land Economics
Program team leader: Steve Taff
Program Team: Campus Faculty
Steven Taff
Associate Professor
612-625-3103
sjtaff@umn.edu |
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For external audiences
- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
Internal operations
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- Partners:
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Crops
Program Leader: Jeff Gunsolus
Agricultural Safety and Health
Program team
For external audiences
- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
Internal operations
- Audiences: Health professionals,farmers, agricultural and food industry workers, rural leaders, parents, food processors
- Partners: National Center for Food Protection & Defense, Midwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety, Center for Public Health Preparedness, Center for Public Health Education & Outreach, Intl. Cooperative Zoonotic Influenza Res. Center, National Extension Disaster Education Network, Center for Animal Health and Food Safety
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Climate/Weather
Program team
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- Audiences: Crop and livestock producers, gardeners, emergency managers, state and federal agencies, K-12 science teachers, health care professionals
- Partners: National Weather Service Forecast Office - Chanhassen, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - State Climatology Office
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Commodity Crops
Team Leaders — Corn: Jeff Coulter, Small Grains: Jochum Wiersma, Soybeans: Seth Naeve, Sugar beets: Mohammed Kahn
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Producers of corn, soybeans, and small grains
- Partners: Minnesota Department of Agriculture, USDA & NRCS, Minnesota Certified Crop Advisors, The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, The Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council & Minnesota Corn Growers Association, The Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion, Council & Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, The Minnesota Wheat Research & Promotion Council, Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Drainage Program
Program team
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- Audiences: Producers, county and watershed staff, engineers and consultants, conservation professionals
- Partners: U of M Water Resources Center, Minnesota Assoc. of Watershed Districts, Minnesota Land Improvement Contractors Association, Drainage product industry, State Agencies: MDA, MPCA, MDNR, BWSR, MDA
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Forage
Program team
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- Audiences: Agricultural professionals, commercial hay producers, Minnesota producers: dairy, beef, horses, sheep
- Partners: Minnesota Forage and Grassland Council (MFGC), Minnesota Department of Agriculture, USDA-ARS
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Institute for Agricultural Professionals
Program team
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- Audiences: Minnesota (and surrounding states) Ag professionals: retail dealers, field agronomists, crop consultants, sales personnel, and Regional Extension Educators.
- Partners: Agriliance, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Minnesota Crop Production Retailers
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Pesticide Safety
Program team
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- Audiences: Minnesota farmers and other agricultural commodity producers, professional pesticide applicators
- Partners: Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, American Association of Pest Control Officials, American Association of Structural Pest Control Officials, Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association, Minnesota Pest Management Association, Minnesota State Agencies: MDH, MDA, DCFL, DNR, OEA, PCA, DOT, Federal Agencies: USDA, NRCS, DoD, EPA
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Environmental Science Education
Environmental Science Education area page
Program leader: Renee Pardello
Best Practices for Field Days
Program team
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Internal operations
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MN Master Naturalist Program
Program team
For external audiences
- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
Internal operations
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Monarchs in the Classroom
Program team
For external audiences
- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
Internal operations
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Schoolyard Ecology
Program team
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- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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White Earth Programming
Program team
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Internal operations
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Food Science
Program leader: Katherine Waters
Food Safety
Program team
For external audiences
- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
Internal operations
- Audiences: Food service workers, preparers/Servers of food at community functions, public interested in home food safety
- Partners: Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association, Minnesota Department of Health, USDA, US Food and Drug Administration, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Health
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Forestry
Program leader: Mel Baughman
Agroforestry
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Forest Products
Program team
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- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Urban and Community Forestry
Program team
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- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Woodland Management
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Horticulture
Program leader: Carl Rosen
Bee Lab
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Hobby beekeepers, commercial honey producers, master gardeners, commercial fruit & vegetable growers, K-12 science teachers, medical professionals
- Partners: U of M Department of Entomology, Bell Museum, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, University of Nebraska, Ohio State University, Food and Drug Administration, University of Wisconsin Extension Service, Minnesota Honey Producers Association, Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers Association, Wisonsin Honey Producers Association, ND Beekeeping Association, SD Beekeeping Association, Iowa Honey Producers association
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production
Program team
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- Audiences: Fresh market producers, growers of fruits and vegetables for processing, processing industry, associated agribusinesses, new immigrant farmers
- Partners: Area II Potato Growers Association, Irrigators Association of Minnesota, Midwest Food Processors Association, Minnesota Apple Growers Association, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, North Central Pest Management Center - Minnesota Project, Northern Plains Potato Growers Association, U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Consumer Horticulture
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Minnesotans with gardening, landscaping, insects, plant disease, soil, wildlife interests or questions, Master Gardeners who use the information to help answer questions from the public
- Partners: Yard and Garden Line, Master Gardeners, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Minnesota State Horticulture Society, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota Soil Testing Lab, INFO-U, Minnesota Public Radio
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Master Gardeners
Program team
For external audiences
- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
Internal operations
- Audiences: Master gardener new volunteers, active master gardeners, commercial horticulture industry workers, college students, interested gardening public
- Partners: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Yard and Garden Line, Master Gardeners
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Nursery and Plant Health
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Employees and owners of garden centers and nurseries, landscape care companies, landscape designers, gardeners and consumers of gardening products
- Partners: Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association, University of Minnesota Yard and Garden program
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Turfgrass Management
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Turf professionals, master gardeners, general public
- Partners: Minnesota Turf and Grounds Foundation, Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents Association, Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association, Minnesota Golf Association
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Housing Technology
Housing Technology area page
Program leader: Renee Pardello
Best Practices for High Performing Homes
Program team
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- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Radon Education
Program team
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- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Livestock
Program leader: Jeff Reneau
Beef
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Minnesota beef producers, Minnesota state and local cattlemen's associations, industry representatives, consumers
- Partners: Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association, Minnesota Cattlemen’s Association, Minnesota Beef Council, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Beef Improvement Federation, Minnesota Board of Animal Health, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Dairy Modernization
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Dairy producers, dairy industry professionals, dairy managers, feeders, and milkers, dairy families, forage producers
- Partners: Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Milk Producers Association, Midwest Dairy Association, Minnesota Dairy Initiative, MN DHIA, Midwest Forage Council, MNSCU, Regional University Staff, Private industry
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Horse
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Horse owners, equine professionals
- Partners: Equine Advisory Committee, Minnesota Horse Council, The Equine Industry, Equine Advisory Committee - Emeritus
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Manure Management and Air Quality Education
Program team
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- Audiences: Private consultants and engineers dealing in manure/nutrient management, public technical service providers, regulators at the state and local level, custom manure applicators, livestock and poultry producers, crop farmers using manure
- Partners: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service, Minnesota County Feedlot Officers Association
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Meat Science
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Poultry Production and Health
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Commercial poultry industry, niche producers, youth and consumers
- Partners: Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, Broilers and Egg Association of Minnesota, Midwest Poultry Federation, Midwest Association of Avian Veterinarians, Minnesota Board of Animal Health, UM Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, USDA, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Poultry Science Association, Midwest Poultry Consortium, Southwest Poultry Cooperative, Buckwheat Growers Association, MISA, Sustainable Farmers Association, Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Small Ruminants and Alternative Livestock
Program team
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- Website
- Program page
- Fact sheet (.pdf)
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Swine
Program team
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Internal operations
- Audiences: Minnesota pork producers, owners and workers in swine units, veterinarians, ag professionals, government officials, pharmaceutical companies, food industry representatives, bankers/lenders, builders and equipment suppliers, animal welfare activists
- Partners: Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Minnesota Pork Producers Association and Minnesota Pork Board, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Alternative Swine Task Force, National Pork Board, Land Stewardship Project, U.S. Pork Center of Excellence, Iowa State University, Ohio State University, South Dakota State University, University of Nebraska, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Association of Counties/Feedlot Officers
- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Small Farms
Program leader: Tim Arlt
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- Program plan: Executive summary (.pdf) | Full plan (.pdf)
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Water Resource Management
Program leader: Renee Pardello
Onsite Sewage Treatment Program
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Internal operations
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Shoreland Education
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Stormwater Education
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