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MARL Celebrates 25 Years of Leadership

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The Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership program is celebrating its 25th year of developing leaders while continuing to recruit participants for its next class. MARL Executive Director Brad Schlosser says the program’s focus has remained consistent since it began in…
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A MARL Milestone

Published August 12, 2025

The Minnesota Agricultural and Rural Leadership program is celebrating its 25th anniversary. MARL Executive Director Brad Schloesser says this program is all about investing in people. "It has really paid big dividends, whether you're in the current class or one…
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MARL Building Leaders

Published August 14, 2024

The Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership program has been investing in people for 24 years. "We have 352 people that have progressed through this leadership development program, developing strong and powerful networks and relationships, assisting them in leadership within their…
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MARL Leader Passes

Published September 23, 2023

Funeral services were held Friday in New Prague for Mike Liepold. Liepold, 61, was a program leader for the Minnesota Agricultural Leadership Program helping to create the program in 2000. Liepold spent 34 years as an Extension Educator with the…
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Schlosser to Lead MARL

Published November 14, 2022

Brad Schlosser is the new executive director of the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership program. Schlosser comes to MARL from South Central Technical College where he was the Dean of Agriculture and the first director of the Minnesota State Southern…
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Corn Matters

Published August 22, 2022

Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program named its new class. Executive director Olga Brouwer says it's the first time a class has began in the middle of summer. Hear more in the latest Corn Matters.
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MARL Class Ten Visits Cambodia and Taiwan

Published March 9, 2020

The Minnesota Agriculture Rural Leadership program recently returned from an international seminar in Cambodia and Taiwan. Ada, Minnesota farmer and MARL class ten participant Austen Germolus says there is a huge opportunity for U.S. agriculture in Cambodia. "It's a smaller-sized…
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MARL Welcomes New Staff Member

Published June 21, 2018

Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership has named Christy Kallevig as its co-program leader. Kallevig will assist Ericks Dunens in the coordination of the MARL leadership development program. Kallevig works for the University of Minnesota Extension and is based in Willmar.
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