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Media Contacts - MDA Communications Staff

Allen Sommerfeld, Communications Director ~ Allen.Sommerfeld@state.mn.us ~ 651-201-6185
Larry Schumacher, Senior Communications Officer ~ Larry.Schumacher@state.mn.us ~ 651-201-6629
Brittany Raveill, Communications Coordinator ~ Brittany.Raveill@state.mn.us ~ 651-201-6131
Logan Schumacher, Communications Coordinator ~ Logan.Schumacher@state.mn.us ~ 651-201-6193

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Newsroom Articles
Title	Publish Date
Ya comenzó la recepción de solicitudes de asistencia por sequía	June 21, 2022
Whitney Place Appointed MN’s USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director	January 13, 2022
Virtual Minnesota Organic Conference Returns	December 22, 2021
USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Minnesota	August 23, 2022
USDA Approves Minnesota’s Revised Hemp Plan	May 10, 2021
USDA Announces Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Funding Awarded to Minnesota	August 25, 2022
USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Minnesota	September 7, 2022
Updated Website Helps Farmers Find Farms, Land	October 14, 2022
Updated Minnesota Groundwater Protection Rule Maps Now Available	January 14, 2022
Updated Minnesota Groundwater Protection Rule Map Now Available	January 19, 2024
Updated Minnesota Groundwater Protection Rule Map Now Available	January 17, 2023
Updated Groundwater Protection Rule Maps Now Available	January 27, 2021
Upcoming Trainings Offer Suicide Prevention Skills for Rural Clergy	March 6, 2024
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Two Minnesotans sickened by E. coli O157 from organic baby spinach linked to national outbreak	November 15, 2021
Two Invasive Insects Found for First Time in Minnesota	September 13, 2023
Tree of Heaven and Spotted Lanternfly Spreading Towards Southeast Minnesota	June 1, 2023
Traveling Exhibit Focuses on Hmong Water Culture	January 29, 2021
Top MN Dairy Farms Honored for Superior Cow Care	June 1, 2023
Top Minnesota Dairy Farms Honored for Superior Cow Care	June 1, 2021
Top Minnesota Dairy Farms Honored for Superior Cow Care	June 2, 2022
Three Awards Support Agricultural Mental Health	November 28, 2022
Thirteen Areas in Minnesota Targeted for Gypsy Moth Treatments	March 18, 2021
The MN Dept. of Agriculture Offers Tips for Anhydrous Safety	October 12, 2022
Technical Assistance Grants Provide Access to Healthy Foods	January 24, 2022
Sustainable Agriculture Grant Funding Available	September 20, 2022
Sustainable Agriculture Grant Funding Available	October 5, 2021
Survey Seeks to Gather Data on the Local Food Supply Chain in Minnesota	September 2, 2022
Survey Seeks Info to Boost Markets for Smaller MN Farms	February 14, 2022
Study Shows Higher Profits for Ag Water Quality Certified Farms for Fourth Straight Year	May 11, 2023
Stop by MDA’s Farmfest Booth for Information on Drought Recovery, Weather Tracking Tools, Mental Health, and More	July 27, 2021
Statement Regarding Today’s HyLife Meeting	April 25, 2023
Second Gypsy Moth Treatment in Southeast Winona County Scheduled for Wednesday, May 26	May 25, 2021
Second Gypsy Moth Treatment in Minneapolis' Loring Park Neighborhood Scheduled to Start Tuesday, May 25	May 24, 2021
Second Gypsy Moth Treatment in Duluth, Cloquet Scheduled for Wednesday, June 29	June 28, 2022
Second Gypsy Moth Treatment in Duluth, Cloquet Scheduled for Friday, June 18	June 17, 2021
Salmonella cases linked to Infinite Herbs organic basil sold at Trader Joe’s	April 18, 2024
Rural Finance Authority Declares Emergency Due to Winter Weather	April 12, 2023
Rural Finance Authority Clears Way for Disaster Loans	May 31, 2022
Rural Finance Authority Clears Way for Disaster Loans	July 14, 2021
Return Program Available for Certain Chlorpyrifos Products	May 23, 2023
Requests Far Outpace Funding for New Soil Health Grant	April 3, 2024
REMINDER: June Cut-off Dates for Dicamba Use on Soybeans in Minnesota	June 5, 2023
Registration Now Open for 2024 Minnesota Organic Conference	November 14, 2023
Record Number of Spongy Moths (Lymantria dispar) Found During MDA Annual Detection Survey	January 5, 2023
Radio Series Highlighting Farmer Stress Expands Reach	April 13, 2022
Purple Carrot-Seed Moth Found for First Time in Minnesota	August 3, 2022
Petersen Reconfirmed as Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner	February 6, 2023
Palmer Amaranth Found in Polk County	May 26, 2021
Organic Certification Cost Share Program Increases Affordability of Certification	September 16, 2022