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Media Contacts - MDA Communications Staff

Margaret Hart, Communications Director ~ Margaret.Hart@state.mn.us ~ 651-201-6131
Allen Sommerfeld, Senior Communications Officer ~ Allen.Sommerfeld@state.mn.us ~ 651-201-6185
Larry Schumacher, Communications Coordinator ~ Larry.Schumacher@state.mn.us ~ 651-201-6629

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Newsroom Articles
Title	Publish Date
1,000 Minnesota Farmers and Landowners Now Enrolled in Ag Water Quality Certification Program	February 16, 2021
2020 Minnesota Organic Conference Announced	May 21, 2019
A Statement from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Regarding Pipeline Foods, LLC’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing	July 12, 2021
Additional 2021 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Funding Available	February 17, 2021
Ag Commissioner Leads Trade Mission to Colombia and Peru	May 31, 2019
Agricultural Literacy Grants Available for Education	October 19, 2021
Agricultural Literacy Grants Awarded	January 9, 2020
Anhydrous Safety Should be Top Concern This Fall	October 21, 2021
Anhydrous Safety Should be Top Concern This Spring	March 29, 2021
Apply for Beginning Farmer Tax Credit by October 1	August 23, 2019
Apply Now for New Farmers Market Cost Share Program	April 23, 2020
Apply Now for New Safe on the Farm Cost Share Program	June 16, 2020
Apply Now for Winter Farmers’ Market Cost-Share Program	October 2, 2020
Bayport Teacher Recognized for Agricultural Education	February 2, 2021
Beginning Farmers Tax Break Still Available	July 23, 2021
Bite into Summer with Minnesota Sweet Corn	July 29, 2020
Bountiful Minnesota Pumpkin Season Arrives	October 10, 2019
Budget for One Minnesota Focuses on Ag Trade, Rural Mental Health Resources	February 20, 2019
Carver and Sibley County Residents Invited to Virtual Informational Meeting Concerning Emerald Ash Borer	November 5, 2020
Celebrating 35 Years of Sharing Ag Stories with Students	November 24, 2021
Celebrating the First Annual Iron Range Pasty Festival	September 24, 2019
Changes to Minnesota Cottage Food Law Now in Effect	August 2, 2021
Check Out MDA’s Industrial Hemp Demo Plot and New Weather Tracking Tools at Farmfest	July 25, 2019
Christmas Tree Farms Are Preparing for a Great 2019 Season	November 21, 2019
Commissioner Petersen Statement on Approval of Minnesota Hemp Plan	July 14, 2020
Coronavirus Relief Fund Farm Business Management Scholarships Available	November 4, 2020
Cost Sharing Makes Organic Certification More Affordable	September 25, 2019
Cost-Share Funds Available for Hog & Turkey Farmers for COVID-19-related Losses	November 10, 2020
COVID-19 Relief Funds Help Farmers Restructuring Debt	October 28, 2020
Crop Research Grants Available from MDA	September 14, 2021
Dairy Assistance Program Deadline Extended	September 20, 2019
Deadline Extended for Water Testing Cost Reimbursement	March 1, 2021
Destructive European Chafer Beetle Discovered in Minnesota	August 10, 2020
Dicamba Users Urged to Follow New Labels Requirements and Cutoff Date	May 18, 2021
Discover Award-Winning Minnesota Grown Wine	November 12, 2019
Dispose Holiday Greens and Christmas Trees Correctly to Protect Minnesota’s Urban and Rural Trees	December 23, 2020
Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Cottonwood County	February 4, 2021
Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Brown County	September 16, 2019
Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Carver and Sibley Counties	October 5, 2020
Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Mower County	April 2, 2020
Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Nobles County	July 31, 2019
Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Rice County	March 20, 2020
Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Stearns County	April 2, 2019
Emerald Ash Borer Found in Blue Earth County	March 31, 2021
Emerald Ash Borer Found in Freeborn County	July 21, 2021
Emerald Ash Borer Found in Nicollet and Redwood Counties	November 23, 2021
Emerging Farmers Can Receive More Help Getting Started	August 3, 2020
Emerging Farmers Working Group to Meet Statewide	October 23, 2019
Emerging Farmers’ Working Group Members Announced	November 10, 2021
Emerging Farmers’ Working Group Members Announced	October 27, 2020