North Dakota Department of Agriculture

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Contact Information:

ND DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
600 E BOULEVARD AVE DEPT 602
BISMARCK ND 58505-0020
Voice: (701) 328-2231
Toll-free: 1-800-242-7535
Fax: (701) 328-4567
Email: ndda@nd.gov
Website: http://www.agdepartment.com

Administration:

Agriculture Commissioner
Roger Johnson
328-2231
ndda@nd.gov

Deputy Commissioner
Jeff Weispfenning
328-2231
jweispfe@nd.gov

Assistant to the Commissioner
Joanne Beckman
328-4754
jbeckman@nd.gov

Meet our staff:

Administration Staff
General Accounting, Payroll & Budget Lynette Baumiller 328-1960 lbaumill@nd.gov	Accounting Asst. & Risk Management Jet Collins 328-2067 jecollin@nd.gov
Information Technology Coordinator Roberta Tjaden 328-2232 rtjaden@nd.gov	Account Technician, Payroll Joanie Sanda 328-4757 jsanda@nd.gov
Executive Services
Jeff Knudson Program Manager 328-4764 joknudson@nd.gov

Agriculture Research & Public Information Patrice Lahlum, Fargo 701-239-7210 Cell 220-4357 Fax 701-239-7212 plahlum@nd.gov	Public Information Ted Quanrud 328-2233 tquanrud@nd.gov
Agriculture Marketing & Pride of Dakota Chuck Fleming 328-4759 cfleming@nd.gov	Pride of Dakota Sara Kelsch 328-4766 sakelsch@nd.gov
Farmers Markets & Pride of Dakota Stephanie Sinner 701-239-7211 Cell 701-799-0981 Fax 701-239-7212 ssinner@nd.gov	Ag Mediation Administrator Tom Silbernagel 328-2061 tsilbern@nd.gov
Administrative Assistant Betty Nelson 328-4158 bnelson@nd.gov	Administrative Assistant/Receptionist Bonnie Sundby 328-2231 bsundby@nd.gov
Plant Industries
Ken Junkert Program Manager 328-4756 kjunkert@nd.gov
Pesticide Enforcement Coordinator Dave Phillips 328-4922 davephillips@nd.gov	Apiary/Project Safe Send/Waterbank/Noxious Weeds Judy Carlson 328-4997 jcarlson@nd.gov
State Entomologist David Nelson 328-4765 danelson@nd.gov	Plant Protection Specialist Gwen Mars, Fargo 239-7295 gmars@nd.gov
Plant Protection Specialist Carrie Larson 328-4723 cllarson@nd.gov	Noxious Weeds Specialist Blake Schaan 328-2250 blakeschaan@nd.gov
Noxious Weeds Specialist Rachel Seifert-Spilde 328-2983 rseifert@nd.gov	Pesticide Registration Coordinator Jim Gray 328-1505 jgray@nd.gov
Feeds/Fertilizer Registration Coordinator Garry Wagner 328-1501 gwagner@nd.gov	Administrative Officer VACANT 328-1500
Administrative Assistant Elaine Sayler 328-2391 esayler@nd.gov	Pesticide Program Specialist Angela Keller 328-4752 angelakeller@nd.gov
Agricultural Program Inspector Phil Jallo, Bismarck 220-5498 pjallo@nd.gov	Agricultural Program Inspector VACANT
Agricultural Program Inspector Kevin Demers, Devils Lake 220-0019 kdemers@nd.gov	Agricultural Program Inspector Dave Harsche, Killdeer 290-2972 dharsche@nd.gov
Agricultural Program Inspector Ken MacDonald, Hoople 220-0015 kmacdonald@nd.gov	Agricultural Program Inspector VACANT
Ag Environment Programs Jessica Orr 328-2980 jnorr@nd.gov	GIS/GPS Specialist Jim Hansen 328-2330 jimhansen@nd.gov
Livestock Industries
Wayne Carlson Program Manager/Dairy 328-4761 wcarlson@nd.gov
Livestock Development Bobbi Talmadge 328-4159 btalmadg@nd.gov	Administrative Assistant Becky Gietzen 328-2299 bgietzen@nd.gov
Dairy Inspector Ratings/Surveillance Officer John Ringsrud, Lakota 220-0085 jringsru@nd.gov	Dairy Inspector Tracey Walth, Gladstone 220-0087 twalth@nd.gov
Dairy Inspector Orville Payne, Mandan 220-0082 opayne@nd.gov	Dairy Inspector Gary Molstad, Oakes 220-0081 gmolstad@nd.gov
Dairy Pollution Prevention Program Coordinator Jason Wirtz 328-2216 jwirtz@nd.gov	State Veterinarian Dr. Susan Keller, DVM 328-2657 Cell 220-0092 skeller@nd.gov
Deputy State Veterinarian Dr. Beth Carlson, DVM 328-2653 Cell 220-5194 bwcarlson@nd.gov	Assistant State Veterinarian Dr. Jesse Vollmer, DVM 328-2612 jlvollmer@nd.gov
Assistant State Veterinarian Dr. Diedre Qual, DVM 328-2354 Cell 220-9352 dqual@nd.gov	Administrative Assistant Tammy Celley 328-2655 tcelley@nd.gov
Office Assistant Kerri Kraft 328-2654 kbkraft@nd.gov	Animal ID Coordinator Dr. Jim Clement, DVM 328-2662 jcclement@nd.gov
Office Assistant, Animal ID Becki Bass 328-2350 rbass@nd.gov	Wildlife Services Director Phil Mastrangelo 250-4405 p.mastrangelo@usda.gov
Meat Inspection Director Dr. Andrea L. Grondahl, DVM 328-4762 agrondah@nd.gov	Senior Meat Inspector Vawnita Best 220-9419 Vawnita.Best@fsis.usda.gov
Meat Inspector Cami Metzger 400-4852 Cami.Metzger@fsis.usda.gov	Meat Inspector Lexy Inghram 220-9596 Lexy.Inghram@fsis.usda.gov
Meat Inspector David Slack 220-0024 David.Slack@fsis.usda.gov	Meat Inspector Shawn Steffen 220-6872 ssteffen@nd.gov
Meat Inspector Heather Andersen 527-3538 Heather.Haugen@fsis.usda.gov	Meat Inspector Kelly Ellenberg 220-9356 Kelly.Ellenberg@fsis.usda.gov
Meat Inspector Cody Kreft 220-6914 Cody.Kreft@fsis.usda.gov

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