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Fiscal Year 2022

FY22 Grantees
First Name	Last Name	City	County	Category
Michael	Adams	Little Falls	Morrison	Dairy cattle
Brian	Aschenbrenner	Sleepy Eye	Brown	Beef cattle
Gary	Beranek	New Ulm	Nicollet	Dairy cattle
Lisa	Beumer	Saint Cloud	Stearns	Diversified livestock
Brady	Beyer	Winona	Winona	Beef cattle
Luke & Shelby	Black	Luverne	Rock	Sheep/goats
Brian	Boomgaarden	Pipestone	Pipestone	Beef cattle
Ryan	Brandts	Saint James	Cottonwood	Swine
Daniel	Breeggemann	Shakopee	Le Sueur	Diversified livestock
Robert	Citterman	Canby	Lincoln	Dairy cattle
Samantha	Cofell	Little Falls	Todd	Poultry
Landon	Craig	Alexandria	Douglas	Beef cattle
Bailey	Driessen	Canby	Yellow Medicine	Diversified livestock
Erica	Earley	Wykoff	Fillmore	Beef cattle
Herman	Eggers	Cologne	Carver	Diversified Livestock
Anthony	Eilers	Clear Lake	Sherburne	Beef cattle
Maverick	Fiene	Echo	Yellow Medicine	Beef cattle
Alex	Gruber	Pierz	Morrison	Diversified livestock
Chad	Hallermann	Grey Eagle	Todd	Diversified livestock
Lance	Hartung	Melrose	Stearns	Diversified livestock
Todd	Heieie	Brooten	Stearns	Dairy cattle
Cory	Hourscht	Little Falls	Morrison	Dairy cattle
David	Huber	Little Falls	Morrison	Diversified livestock
Shelby	Kaehler	Saint Charles	Winona	Beef cattle
Adam	Kalthoff	Melrose	Stearns	Diversified livestock
Brian	Kimm	Pelican Rapids	Clay	Diversified livestock
Aaron	Klaphake	Melrose	Stearns	Diversified livestock
Mark	Koep	Vining	Otter Tail	Diversified livestock
Karen	Koester	Dennison	Goodhue	Beef cattle
Leah	Kurth	Cosmos	Renville	Dairy cattle
Mitch	Lieser	Browerville	Todd	Dairy cattle
Nathan	Lund	Brandon	Douglas	Dairy cattle
Brandon	Marshik	Rice	Benton	Dairy cattle
Dean	Marshik	Pierz	Morrison	Dairy cattle
Zach	McGuire	Hardwick	Rock	Swine
Karli	Moger	Altura	Winona	Dairy cattle
Whitney	Olson	Lowry	Pope	Beef cattle
Robert	Padula	Montevideo	Lac qui Parle	Sheep/goats
Mitch	Pederson	Hendricks	Lincoln	Diversified livestock
Robert	Roelofs	Mankato	Blue Earth	Swine
Philip	Rotz	Pelican Rapids	Otter Tail	Dairy cattle
Eric	Ruen	Lanesboro	Fillmore	Diversified livestock
Dale	Rupprecht	Thief River Falls	Marshall	Dairy cattle
John	Ryan	Springfield	Brown	Swine
Wayne	Saemrow	Waterville	Rice	Dairy cattle
Creighton	Sauer	Lewiston	Olmsted	Swine
Quinci	Scherber	Rogers	Hennepin	Dairy cattle
Dean	Scherping	Little Falls	Morrison	Beef cattle
Harvey	Schoon	Hillman	Morrison	Diversified livestock
William	Schroeder	Norwood Young America	Carver	Beef cattle
Travis	Schultz	Balaton	Murray	Swine
James	Schumer	St. Stephen	Stearns	Dairy cattle
Sterling & Denise	Severtson	Kenneth	Rock	Diversified livestock
Connor	Stark	New Ulm	Nicollet	Swine
Luke	Stevens	Hazel Run	Yellow Medicine	Swine
Ryan	Strobel	Eagle Lake	Blue Earth	Swine
Jonathan	Tauer	Marshall	Lyon	Diversified livestock
Paul	Tol	Canby	Yellow Medicine	Beef cattle
Edward	Twohey	Stewartville	Olmsted	Diversified livestock
Steve	Uter	Waverly	Wright	Dairy cattle
Marcus	Vander Lugt	Edgerton	Pipestone	Swine
Damon	Vander Maten	Brandon	Murray	Swine
David	VanKlompenburg	Montevideo	Chippewa	Beef cattle
Ryan	Verlinde	Tracy	Murray	Diversified livestock
Jake	Vlaminck	Lake Lillian	Kandiyohi	Poultry
Eli	Waldoch	Little Falls	Morrison	Diversified livestock
Cory	Walker	Villard	Pope	Diversified livestock
Mark	Watrin	Sandstone	Pine	Dairy cattle
Ronald	Wegner	Faribault	Rice	Dairy cattle
Thomas	Weikle	Fairfax	Renville	Swine
Bobby	Welle	Melrose	Stearns	Diversified livestock
Troy	Wendlandt	Paynesville	Stearns	Beef cattle
Jerry	Wipf	Lake Benton	Pipestone	Swine
Paul	Wright	Hutchinson	McLeod	Diversified livestock
Kathy	Yamry	Albany	Stearns	Beef cattle
Kevin	Young	Avon	Stearns	Dairy cattle
Margaret	Zimmer	Clarissa	Todd	Diversified livestock

FY23 Grantees
First Name	Last Name	City	County	Category
Brandon	Anderson	Comfrey	Brown	Beef Cattle
Jerill	Andrews	Shafer	Chisago	Beef Cattle
Jennifer	Arveson	Trail	Pennington	Beef Cattle
Troy	Becker	Vining	Ottertail	Beef Cattle
Jeff	Beckman	Dennison	Goodhue	Dairy Cattle
Jeremy	Bergerson	Gully	Polk	Beef Cattle
Kathryn	Blanchard	Brooklyn Park	Isanti	Sheep/Goats
Micah	Bos	Luverne	Rock	Diversified Livestock
Karen	Brodeen	Cook	St Louis	Beef Cattle
Todd	Carlson	Glenwood	Pope	Beef Cattle
Jason	Chilton	Callaway	Becker	Beef Cattle
Becky	Clark	Rollingstone	Winona	Dairy Cattle
Benjamin	Clark	Murdock	Swift	Beef Cattle
Dustin	Compart	Nicollet	Nicollet	Swine
Mark	Sahr	Bricelyn	Faribault	Dairy Cattle
Don & Angie	Draper	Nerstrand	Rice	Dairy Cattle
Jason	Felling	Sauk Center	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Paul	Fiedler	Villard	Pope	Swine
Nick	Geray	Winger	Polk	Beef Cattle
Vanessa	Gillman	South Haven	Stearns	Beef Cattle
Stephanie	Goeller	Sebeka	Ottertail	Dairy Cattle
Sean	Groos	Howard Lake	Wright	Dairy Cattle
Benjamin	Hanenburg	Edgerton	Pipestone	Swine
Dale	Heidelberger	Pine City	Pine	Diversified Livestock
Sara	Hewitt	Kilkenny	Le Sueur	Sheep/Goats
Mark & Joel	Hoffmann	Morgan	Morgan	Dairy Cattle
Vicky	Herkenhoff	Freeport	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Luke	Minion	Pipestone	Pipestone	Swine
Glen	Jeurissen	Belle Plaine	Scott	Beef Cattle
Jamie	Johnson	Minnetonka	Hennepin	Diversified Livestock
Karen	Kasper	Owatonna	Steele	Dairy Cattle
Kyle	Klein	Clarissa	Todd	Dairy Cattle
Tony	Kornder	Belle Plaine	Scott	Beef Cattle
Stanley & Pamela	Kreidermacher	Rollingstone	Winona	Beef Cattle
Douglas	Kerfeld	Melrose	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Olaf	Haugen	Canton	Fillmore	Dairy Cattle
Terry	Walters	Pipestone	Pipestone	Swine
Tyler	Lueck	Chaska	Carver	Beef Cattle
Garrett	Luthens	Hutchinson	McLeod	Dairy Cattle
Tyler	Magedanz	Cold Spring	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Brandon	Marshik	Rice	Benton	Dairy Cattle
Joe	Merdan	Avon	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Thomas	Metzdorff	Waseca	Waseca	Bison
Tagen	Miller	Kellogg	Wabasha	Dairy Cattle
Andrew	Miron	Hugo	Washington	Dairy Cattle
Ofisa	Nyaikondo	Big Lake	Sherburne	Diversified Livestock
Taylor	Ovrebo	Wells	Faribault	Beef Cattle
Madeline	Patterson	Kenyon	Goodhue	Swine
Brent	Pederson	Dumont	Traverse	Swine
Josh	Pommier	Dassel	Meeker	Diversified Livestock
Jacob	Posch	Holdingford	Stearns	Poultry
Phillip	Raak	Jasper	Rock	Dairy Cattle
Amber	Rasinski	Staples	Todd	Beef Cattle
Dean	Reichmann	Glenwood	Pope	Beef Cattle
Patrick	Scapanski	Sauk Rapids	Benton	Dairy Cattle
Anthony	Scheffler	Zumbrota	Goodhue	Dairy Cattle
Jocelyn	Schlichting	Rice	Benton	Swine
Harvey	Schoon	Hillman	Morrison	Dairy
Daniel	Schouvieller	Morgan	Redwood	Poultry
Alise	Sjostrom	Brooten	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Nathan	Sommer	Winthrop	Sibley	Swine
Adam	St. Germain	Winnebago	Faribault	Beef Cattle
Alex	Stark	Gibbon	Sibley	Swine
Kurt	Stranberg	Maynard	Chippewa	Beef Cattle
Samantha	Tersteeg	Olivia	Renville	Beef Cattle
Benjamin	Thorpe	Paynesville	Kandiyohi	Beef Cattle
Kendra	Van Hill	Edgerton	Pipestone	Beef Cattle
Halden	VanWyhe	Hills	Rock	Swine
Elizabeth	Vetsch	Browerville	Todd	Dairy Cattle
Danny	Vos	Hendricks	Lincoln	Beef Cattle
Justin	Wagner	Litchfield	Meeker	Dairy Cattle
Jeremy	Walker	Villard	Pope	Dairy Cattle
Randy or Marlene	Ward	St. Charles	Winona	Dairy Cattle
Shawn	Wichmann	Balaton	Murray	Beef Cattle
Scott	Wittkop	Albany	Stearns	Beef Cattle
Eric	Zeltwanger	Morris	Stevens	Beef Cattle

Fiscal Year 2023

FY23 Grantees
First Name	Last Name	City	County	Category
Brandon	Anderson	Comfrey	Brown	Beef Cattle
Jerill	Andrews	Shafer	Chisago	Beef Cattle
Jennifer	Arveson	Trail	Pennington	Beef Cattle
Troy	Becker	Vining	Ottertail	Beef Cattle
Jeff	Beckman	Dennison	Goodhue	Dairy Cattle
Jeremy	Bergerson	Gully	Polk	Beef Cattle
Kathryn	Blanchard	Brooklyn Park	Isanti	Sheep/Goats
Micah	Bos	Luverne	Rock	Diversified Livestock
Karen	Brodeen	Cook	St Louis	Beef Cattle
Todd	Carlson	Glenwood	Pope	Beef Cattle
Jason	Chilton	Callaway	Becker	Beef Cattle
Becky	Clark	Rollingstone	Winona	Dairy Cattle
Benjamin	Clark	Murdock	Swift	Beef Cattle
Dustin	Compart	Nicollet	Nicollet	Swine
Mark	Sahr	Bricelyn	Faribault	Dairy Cattle
Don & Angie	Draper	Nerstrand	Rice	Dairy Cattle
Jason	Felling	Sauk Center	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Paul	Fiedler	Villard	Pope	Swine
Nick	Geray	Winger	Polk	Beef Cattle
Vanessa	Gillman	South Haven	Stearns	Beef Cattle
Stephanie	Goeller	Sebeka	Ottertail	Dairy Cattle
Sean	Groos	Howard Lake	Wright	Dairy Cattle
Benjamin	Hanenburg	Edgerton	Pipestone	Swine
Dale	Heidelberger	Pine City	Pine	Diversified Livestock
Sara	Hewitt	Kilkenny	Le Sueur	Sheep/Goats
Mark & Joel	Hoffmann	Morgan	Morgan	Dairy Cattle
Vicky	Herkenhoff	Freeport	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Luke	Minion	Pipestone	Pipestone	Swine
Glen	Jeurissen	Belle Plaine	Scott	Beef Cattle
Jamie	Johnson	Minnetonka	Hennepin	Diversified Livestock
Karen	Kasper	Owatonna	Steele	Dairy Cattle
Kyle	Klein	Clarissa	Todd	Dairy Cattle
Tony	Kornder	Belle Plaine	Scott	Beef Cattle
Stanley & Pamela	Kreidermacher	Rollingstone	Winona	Beef Cattle
Douglas	Kerfeld	Melrose	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Olaf	Haugen	Canton	Fillmore	Dairy Cattle
Terry	Walters	Pipestone	Pipestone	Swine
Tyler	Lueck	Chaska	Carver	Beef Cattle
Garrett	Luthens	Hutchinson	McLeod	Dairy Cattle
Tyler	Magedanz	Cold Spring	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Brandon	Marshik	Rice	Benton	Dairy Cattle
Joe	Merdan	Avon	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Thomas	Metzdorff	Waseca	Waseca	Bison
Tagen	Miller	Kellogg	Wabasha	Dairy Cattle
Andrew	Miron	Hugo	Washington	Dairy Cattle
Ofisa	Nyaikondo	Big Lake	Sherburne	Diversified Livestock
Taylor	Ovrebo	Wells	Faribault	Beef Cattle
Madeline	Patterson	Kenyon	Goodhue	Swine
Brent	Pederson	Dumont	Traverse	Swine
Josh	Pommier	Dassel	Meeker	Diversified Livestock
Jacob	Posch	Holdingford	Stearns	Poultry
Phillip	Raak	Jasper	Rock	Dairy Cattle
Amber	Rasinski	Staples	Todd	Beef Cattle
Dean	Reichmann	Glenwood	Pope	Beef Cattle
Patrick	Scapanski	Sauk Rapids	Benton	Dairy Cattle
Anthony	Scheffler	Zumbrota	Goodhue	Dairy Cattle
Jocelyn	Schlichting	Rice	Benton	Swine
Harvey	Schoon	Hillman	Morrison	Dairy
Daniel	Schouvieller	Morgan	Redwood	Poultry
Alise	Sjostrom	Brooten	Stearns	Dairy Cattle
Nathan	Sommer	Winthrop	Sibley	Swine
Adam	St. Germain	Winnebago	Faribault	Beef Cattle
Alex	Stark	Gibbon	Sibley	Swine
Kurt	Stranberg	Maynard	Chippewa	Beef Cattle
Samantha	Tersteeg	Olivia	Renville	Beef Cattle
Benjamin	Thorpe	Paynesville	Kandiyohi	Beef Cattle
Kendra	Van Hill	Edgerton	Pipestone	Beef Cattle
Halden	VanWyhe	Hills	Rock	Swine
Elizabeth	Vetsch	Browerville	Todd	Dairy Cattle
Danny	Vos	Hendricks	Lincoln	Beef Cattle
Justin	Wagner	Litchfield	Meeker	Dairy Cattle
Jeremy	Walker	Villard	Pope	Dairy Cattle
Randy or Marlene	Ward	St. Charles	Winona	Dairy Cattle
Shawn	Wichmann	Balaton	Murray	Beef Cattle
Scott	Wittkop	Albany	Stearns	Beef Cattle
Eric	Zeltwanger	Morris	Stevens	Beef Cattle

June 4, 2024

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is planning to treat six areas in Carlton County and one area in St. Louis County to manage spongy moth infestations detected in those areas last fall. Officials plan to conduct the first of two rounds of aerial management activities likely the week of June 10.

The exact date and time of aerial management activities are heavily dependent on weather conditions and insect development. For the most up-to-date information on these activities, citizens are encouraged to sign up for text or email notifications.

Receive text notifications by texting “MNMDA Treatments” to 66468.
Receive email notifications by texting “MNMDA Treatments [your email address here]” to 66468.
Or sign up online for text or email notifications.

All management areas in Carlton County are in the eastern portion of the county; the area in St. Louis County is just north of Meadowlands. Exact locations can be found via maps on the MDA website or an interactive map that is searchable by address. Citizens may notice a low-flying airplane as it navigates the treatment areas. The aerial management activities will start as early as 5 a.m. It may take multiple days to complete the first round of activities. The MDA apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the noise of the plane.

This is the first of two aerial applications of Foray/Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Btk) over each area. The second will take place 5-14 days after the first application. Btk is a biological product that is organic certified for food crops. It has no known health effects for humans, pets, birds, fish, livestock, bees, and other insects.

To help area citizens stay informed, the MDA has set up a Report a Pest Info Line at 1-888-545-MOTH with the latest details about treatment dates and times. On the morning of the treatments, residents can call the phone number with any questions they may have. Simply press 0 (zero) to speak to someone. The MDA's website also has information about spongy moths and control efforts.

The MDA offers the following tips to residents in the management area:

The management product has no known health effects for humans, but residents may wish to stay indoors during the management activities and keep windows closed for a half hour after application.
Residents can cover gardens or turn on sprinklers if they wish.
The residue does not cause damage to outdoor surfaces. However, soapy water will remove any residue on outdoor items.

Spongy moths are among America's most destructive tree pests, having caused millions of dollars in damage to Eastern forests. The moths are now threatening Minnesota. If present in large numbers, spongy moth caterpillars can defoliate large sections of forest. Oak, poplar, birch, and willow are among their preferred hosts. The moths spread slowly on their own, but people can unintentionally help them spread by transporting firewood or other items on which the moths have laid their eggs.

Contact the Minnesota Department of Agriculture at 1-888-545-6684 or reportapest@state.mn.us with questions regarding spongy moth and the planned treatment.

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Media Contact
Brittany Raveill, MDA Communications
651-201-6131
Brittany.Raveill@state.mn.us