Statewide Personnel

Keith Olander
Executive Director, AgCentric
(218) 894-5163
[email protected]

Megan Roberts
Executive Director, Southern Ag Center
(507) 389-7290
[email protected]

Ted Matthews
Rural Mental Health Specialist
(320) 266-2390
[email protected]

Monica McConkey
Rural Mental Health Specialist
(218) 280-7785
[email protected]

Narayan Dhakal
Urban Agriculture FBM Instructor
(651) 500-1096
[email protected]

Erik Heimark
Specialty Crops Instructor
(218) 232-1303
[email protected]
Detroit Lakes

James Velde
Central Lakes College
1830 Airport Road
Staples, MN 56479
Office: (218) 894-5141
Cell: (218) 234-3981
[email protected]
Expertise:
FSA Lending practices
Little Falls

Nathan Converse
Central Lakes College
11743 61st Ave SW
Motley, MN 56466
(218) 296-1272
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Dairy
2. Quickbooks
3. Farm Transition
Pierz

Nicole (Niki) Brixius
Central Lakes College
29998 93rd St.
Pierz, MN 56364
320-293-8020
[email protected]
Staples

Ed Uhlenkamp
Central Lakes College
1830 Airport Road
Staples, MN 56479
Office: (218) 894-5160
Cell: (320) 360-2747
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Dairy
2. Beef

Beth Berlin
Central Lakes College
1830 Airport Rd
Stapes, MN 56479
320-232-9039
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Quickbooks
2. Specialty Crops
3. Direct Farm Marketing
East Grand Forks & Thief River Falls

Betsy Jensen
Northland Community and Technical College
2022 Central Ave NE
East Grand Forks, MN 56721
Office:(218) 689-5375
Cell: (218) 689-5375
Fax: (218) 435-6653
[email protected]
Expertise:
Commodity Marketing
Fergus Falls/Pelican Rapids

Bill Gass
Northland Community and Technical College
1101 Highway One East
Thief River Falls, MN 56701
(320) 905-8057
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Business Planning & Innovation
2. Risk Management
3. Continuous Improvement Process
Fosston

Doug Fjerstad
Northland Community and Technical College
213 1st St W., Suite 1
Fosston, MN 56542
Office: (218) 435- 6656
Cell: (218) 280-8843
Fax: (218) 435- 6653
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Farm Transition
2. Dairy
3. Finances

Kelly Klinkhammer
Northland Community and Technical College
213 1st St W., Suite 1
Fosston, MN 56542
Office: (218) 435- 6656
Cell: (218) 766-9176
Fax: (218) 435- 6653
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Crop Insurance
2. Organic crop and dairy
3. Beef Cow/Calf
Moorhead

Ron Dvergsten
Northland Community and Technical College
200 5th Street, Suite 106
Moorhead, MN 56560
Office: (218) 686-5448
Cell: (218) 299-5838
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Loan Restructuring
2. Farm Transition
3. Beef Cow Enterprises

Josh Tjosaas
Northland Community and Technical College
200 5th Street, Suite 106
Moorhead, MN 56560
Office: (218) 299-5863
Cell: (320) 583-5056
Fax: (218) 299-5838
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Sugarbeets
2. Marketing
Red Lake Falls

Jessica Hanson
Northland Community and Technical College
2606 Wheat Drive
Red Lake Falls, MN 56750
Cell: (218) 684-0976
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Beef Cattle
2. Mediation
3. Wheat
Thief River Falls

Greg Dvergsten
Northland Community and Technical College
1101 Highway One East
Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Office: (218) 683-8751 and 1/800-959-6282 ext 8751
Cell: (218) 686-7273
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Loan Restructuring
2. Analysis Interpretation
3. Cash Flow Planning

Ron Dvergsten
Northland Community and Technical College
1101 Highway One East
Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Office: (218) 683-8747 and 1/800-959-6282 ext 8747
Cell: (218) 686-5448
Fax: (218) 683-8993
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Loan Restructuring
2. Farm Transition
3. Beef Cow Enterprises
Blue Earth

Ryan Brudelie
South Central College
415 So. Grove, Suite #3
Blue Earth, MN 56013
(507) 848-5527
[email protected]
Fairfax

Rose Wendinger
36399 720th Ave.
St. James,
MN 56081
(507) 720- 2322
[email protected]
Expertise:
Marketing
Faribault

Eric Kinsley
South Central College
1225 3rd Street S.W.
(507) 332-5845
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Financial analysis
2. Livestock Production
3. Tax Planning/ depreciation

Mark Wehe
South Central College
1225 3rd Street S.W.
(507) 332-5836
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Accounting
2. Dairy

Jeff Schultz
South Central College
1225 3rd Street S.W.
Faribault, MN 55021
(507) 332-5837
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Hedging and accounting
2. Tax Planning
LeSueur/Belle Plaine/Lester Prairie

Myron Oftedahl
South Central College
704 East 10th Street
Glencoe, MN 55336
(320) 864-3378
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Agronomy
2. Tax Planning
3. PC Mars & Quickbooks
Mankato

Brent Roiger
South Central College
308 S. Carver St.
Winthrop, MN 55396
Cell: 07-380-8269
(507) 380-8269
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Lending/Accounting
2. PC Mars/ Excel
3. Farm Transition

Tina LeBrun
South Central College
1920 Lee Blvd.
N. Mankato, MN 56003
(507) 327-3732
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Online Course Delivery Options
2. Beef & Dairy
3. Farm Transition

Pam Uhlenkamp
South Central College
1920 Lee Blvd.
N. Mankato, MN 56003
(507) 389-7288
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Farmworks software
2. Farm Transition

Jason Schroder
South Central College
1920 Lee Blvd.
N. Mankato, MN 56003
Cell: (507) 766-3263
Office: (507) 389-7406
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Dairy & Swine
2. Agronomy
3. Record Keeping
Montgomery

Denise Reeser
South Central College
29748 171st Ave
New Prague, MN 56071
(218) 330-7355
[email protected]
Expertise:
Farm Transition
Sleepy Eye

Wayne Schoper
South Central College
400 4th Ave. S.W.
Sleepy Eye, MN 56085
(507) 794-4241
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Finpack
2. Agronomy
3. Dairy
Waldorf

Todd Stencel
South Central College
120 S. Main
Waldorf, MN 56091
(507) 521-1232
[email protected]
Expertise:
Farm Works & Trimble software
Adams

Lynn Hoffmann
Riverland Community College
1700 3rd St SW
Austin, MN 55912
(507) 320-8193
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. PC Mars
2. Flexible Land Leases
3. Pretax Prep
Austin/Owatonna

Traci Nelson
Riverland Community College
1900 Eighth Ave. NW
Austin, MN 55912
Office: (507) 433-0819
Cell: (507) 456-2913
[email protected]
Expertise:
Dairy
Kenyon/Wanamingo

Jennifer Smith
Riverland Community College
PO Box 43
209 Main Street
Wanamingo, MN 55983
(507) 384-8676
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Corn & soybean production
2. Accounting software
3. Organics/ Specialty crops

Rex Quam
Riverland Community College
PO Box 43
209 Main Street
Wanamingo, MN 55983
(507) 301-1140
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. PC Mars
2. Flexible land laces

Kyle Huneke
Riverland Community College
PO Box 43
209 Main Street
Wanamingo, MN 55983
(507) 438-4924
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Quickbooks
2. Direct Sales/ Niche Marketing
Plainview

Tom Anderson
Riverland Community College
Box 423
Plainview, MN 55964
(507) 259-6269
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Dairy
2. Robotic Milking
3. Excel
St. Charles/ Lewiston

Ryan Steele
Riverland Community College
1219 Whitewater Ave PO Box 732
St. Charles, MN 55972
(507) 320-2278
[email protected]
Rochester

Jillian Dicke
Riverland Community College - Austin Campus
1900 8th Ave NW
Austin, MN 55912
(507) 402-8986
[email protected]
Expertise:
Dairy
Canby

Zach Rada
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
711 Maplewood Ave
Litchfield, MN 55355
Cell: (602) 695-1668
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Quickbooks
2. Flexible Land Leases

Lori VanOverbeke
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1011 First Street West
Canby, MN 56220
(507) 530-8344
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Excel
2. Crops
3. Dairy
Granite Falls/ Marshall

Brad Verly
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1001 W. Erie Rd PO Box 359
Marshall, MN 56258
(507) 828-8506
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Accounting
2. Excel
3. Tax Prep
Jackson

Brad Milbrath
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
401 West Street
Jackson, MN 56143
(507) 847-7936
[email protected]
Expertise:
Agronomy

Mike Dierks
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1450 Collegeway
Worthington, MN 56187
(507) 372-3427
[email protected]
Expertise:
Marketing
Marshall

Mike Boersma
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1001 W. Erie Rd
Marshall, MN 56258
(605) 690- 5336
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Livestock
2. PC Mars

Troy Otto
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1001 W. Erie Road
PO Box 359
Marshall, MN 56258
(507) 530-5238
[email protected]

Lori VanOverbeke
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1011 First Street West
Canby, MN 56220
(507)530-8344
[email protected]

Brad Verly
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1001 W. Erie Rd PO Box 359
Marshall, MN 56258
(507) 828-8506
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Accounting
2. Excel
3. Tax Prep

Linda Carter
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1001 W. Erie Road
PO Box 359
Marshall, MN 56258
(507) 828-6651
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Accounting- Quickbooks
2. Beginning Farmer Tax Credit
3. Farm
Pipestone

Brian Boomgaarden
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1314 N. Hiwatha
Pipestone, MN 56164
(507) 825-6829
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Beef Cow/Calf
2. Beef Replacements

Mike Boersma
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1001 W. Erie Rd
Marshall, MN 56258
(605) 690- 5336
[email protected]
Truman

Kent Janssen
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
457 160th Street
Sherburn, MN 56171
507-220-8176
[email protected]
Expertise:
PC Mars
Tyler

Brian Boomgaarden
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1314 N. Hiwatha
Pipestone, MN 56164
(507) 825-6829
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Beef Cow/Calf
2. Beef Replacements
Welcome

Justin Williamson
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
308 4th Street, P.O. Box 41
Welcome, MN 56181
(507) 728-8400
[email protected]

Jeremy Daberkow
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
308 4th Street, P.O. Box 41
Welcome, MN 56181
(507) 728-8400
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. PC Mars
2. Crops
3. Ultra Farm

Aaron Brudelie
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
308 4th Street, P.O. Box 41
Welcome, MN 56181
(507) 728-8400
[email protected]
Westbrook/Walnut Grove

Linda Carter
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
2139 290th Ave
Walnut Grove, MN 56180
(507) 828- 6651
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Accounting- Quickbooks
2. Beginning Farmer Tax Credit
3. Farm Program Planning
Worthington

Mike Dierks
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
1450 Collegeway
Worthington, MN 56187
(507) 372-3427
[email protected]
Expertise:
Marketing
Alexandria

Craig Will
Alexandria Technical College
1601 Jefferson St
Alexandria, MN 56308
Office: (320) 762-4507
Cell: (320) 250 0354
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Dairy
2. Equipment sales/purchases
Barrett

Deron Erickson
MinnWest Community & Technical College
W. Co Rd. 2
Morris, MN 56267
(320) 249-1944
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Crops
2. Quickbooks, PC Mars, Easy Farm, Ultra Farm
3. Tax Management
Belgrade

Kathy Hommerding
Central Lakes College
19548 Co Rd 21 Richmond, MN 56368
(320) 333-4750
[email protected]
Hutchinson

Paul Filzen
MinnWest Community & Technical College
Two Century Avenue
Hutchinson, MN 55350
(320) 249-1960
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Horses
2. Business Planning

Shawn Meyer
MinnWest Community & Technical College
Two Century Avenue
Hutchinson, MN 55350
(320) 249-1958
[email protected]
Expertise:
Farm Transition
Lac Qui Parle

Kami Schoenfeld
MinnWest Community & Technical College
2524 331st Ave
Dawson, MN 56232
(320)212-5255
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Beef
2. Annie's Project
3. Promoting via social media
Litchfield

Paul Filzen
MinnWest Community & Technical College
980 2nd Ave SE
Hutchinson, MN 55350
(320) 249-1960
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Quickbooks
2. Tax Planning
3. Dairy & Crops

Shawn Meyer
MinnWest Community & Technical College
2 Century Ave
Hutchinson, MN 55350
(320) 249-1958
[email protected]
Expertise:
Farm Transition
Melrose

Kevin Dahlman
Central Lakes College
14737 15th St SW
Cokato, MN 55321
Cell: 612-201-0477
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Row Crops/ Grains
2. Dairy
3. Financial Planning
Olivia/Willmar

Zach Rada
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
711 Maplewood Ave
Litchfield, MN 55355
Cell: (602) 695-1668
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Quickbooks
2. Flexible Land Leases
St. Cloud

Jim Kocherer
St. Cloud Technical and Community College
20951 207 St. NW
Big Lake, MN 55309
(763) 218-7030
[email protected]
Expertise:
1. Bee Keeping
2. Animal Science
3. Water Management

Ken Thiesen
St. Cloud Technical and Community College
1540 Northway Drive
St. Cloud, MN 56303-1240
(320) 309-3293
[email protected]
Expertise:
PC Mars