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      <title>Compost Facility Operator Training Course attracts students worldwide</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Automobile tires are accumulating in waste dumpsthroughout the United States. Research exploring the useof shredded tires could reduce the number of waste tires.One use is in horticulture - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Researcher begins testing water from cotton fields treated with litter</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Can poultry litter be used to fertilize cotton? That’s thequestion an LSU Agricultural Center researcher will attempt toanswer with a new project in northwest Louisiana cottoncountry. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Louisiana Agriculture Magazine Spring 1999</title>
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      <title>Poultry Litter: Nutrient source or disposal problem?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Eutrophication. Pfisteria. Hypoxia.These environmental problems have plagued the Chesapeake Bay area in recent years. According to reports, the problems may be related to the excessive amounts of nutrients – especially phosphorus – that enter the watershed from areas of intensive poultry production surrounding the bay. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Using municipal waste in Louisiana sugarcane</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Previous research with sugarcane production in Louisianahas shown that semi-banding 10 tons per acre of composted municipal waste under sugarcane rows or placing 40 tons per acre of the compost on top of cane in opened rows at planting can result in increased sugar yields. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Impact of poultry litter rates on annual ryegrass production</title>
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      <title>Governmental, health and safety concerns for use of organic wastes on agricultural land</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sewage sludge was the first non-farm organic material to be applied to farm land in large quantities, and it became the first organic material whose application was covered by federal regulations. States now also have regulations governing the land application of sewage sludge. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Beneficial use of industrial wastes</title>
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      <title>Increasing cotton yield on drought-prone soils by mulching paper mill sludge</title>
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      <title>Beneficial use of municipal and industrial wastes in cotton production</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Certain soils in the southern states may have low pH, low organic matter content and natural shallow hard pans that limit root development. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Costs and environmental concerns will lead to more use of organic wastes in agriculture</title>
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      <title>Agricultural scientists work to sustain the environment</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This issue of Louisiana Agricultureis devoted to Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station (LAES) research programs that focus on the beneficial recycling or reuse of organic wastes. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Black Gold: Using organic matter in horticulture</title>
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