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      <title>Salt Water Intrusion Maps, Post Rita</title>
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      <title>Salt Water Intrusion Site Data Results, Post Rita</title>
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      <title>Rice Farmers Approve 5-year Renewals Of Check-off Program To Fund Research, Promotion</title>
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      <title>Farmers Urged Not To Plow Salt-contaminated Rice Fields</title>
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      <title>Resistance Offers Best Solution For Rice Diseases</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Developing disease-resistant varieties is the best approach to help farmers fight diseases that afflict rice, said Don Groth, LSU AgCenter plant pathologist at the Rice Research Station in Crowley. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Hurricane Gustav causes major problems for Louisiana rice farmers</title>
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      <title>Loss estimates for rice crop at 7.6 percent, soybean crop at 15 percent</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 09/09/08) WHITEVILLE – Farmer Jeffrey Sylvester gazed over a field that looked more suited for water-skiing than growing rice. “There’s a rice crop under that water,” he said. “That’s all standing rice.” - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The salt water that washed over coastal areas in Southwestern Louisiana during Hurricane Rita could greatly affect next year’s rice crop. LSU AgCenter agronomist Dr. Gary Breitenbeck says the high salinity levels in rice fields could lead to decreased yields. (Radio News 12/12/05) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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