Designated Minnesota VMLRP Shortage Situations

*Position of shortage situations on the map above is approximate, click on the number or the links below for more detail on each shortage situation.

**The five-character codes in parentheses below are unique identifiers for each shortage situation. Please refer to this code in any communication with NIFA, including the application form.

*** The county colors shown on the map above are not representative of any information related to VMLRP.

A red number indicates that a VMLRP award was offered to an applicant who applied to fill this specific shortage situation.

A red number/text with a + indicates that a VMLRP award was offered to, and accepted by, an applicant who competed successfully to fill this specific shortage situation.

1. Type II Shortage - Private Practice, Rural Area: Blue Earth, Nicollet, LeSeur and Watonwan Counties, most of Brown and Sibley Counties and parts of Faribault, Martin, Cottonwood and Waseca Counties (MN111)⁺

• Beef Cattle
• Dairy Cattle
• Swine
• Small Ruminant

2. Type II Shortage - Private Practice, Rural Area: Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau Counties (MN112)

• Beef Cattle
• Dairy Cattle
• Swine
• Small Ruminant

3. Type III Shortage - Private Practice: Statewide (MN113)⁺

• Other: Veterinary Pathology

5. Type I Shortage - Private Practice, Rural Area: Todd, Morrison, Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Benton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, and Swift Counties Counties (MN115)⁺

• Poultry

6. Type I Shortage - Private Practice, Rural Area: Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, and Yellow Medicine Counties and portions of Stearns, Todd, and Renville Counties (MN116)

• Swine

7. Type II Shortage - Private Practice, Rural Area: Statewide (MN117)⁺

• Food Safety
• Public Health
• Epidemiology
• Other: Animal Health

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