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      <title>St. Bernard has first home tour since hurricanes</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:13:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>4-H’er conducts cooking workshops for kids</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/12/07) Although not yet graduated from high school, Lauren Ogles said she started her career in the eighth grade. How? “4-H helped me get ready,” she said. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>La. Citrus Crop Better Than Expected</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/04/2007) Two years after the worst hurricane season in Louisiana history, the citrus industry is showing resilience. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Seeking 2009 Calendar Photos</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:35:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/05/07) Louisiana nature photographers will have an opportunity to show off their work and earn recognition if their photos are selected for the LSU AgCenter’s 2009 Get It Growing calendar. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Rice Breeder Garners Top National Award</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:32:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/07/07) ORLANDO, Fla. – Dr. Steve Linscombe, LSU AgCenter rice breeder and director of the Rice Research Station, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual USA Rice Outlook Conference recently (Dec. 2-4). - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Ag. Commissioner slated for Ag Expo forest landowner forum</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/13/07) Newly elected Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Mike Strain will present his views and visions on Louisiana forestry at the Ag Expo Forest Landowner Forum. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>SHotard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Steven L. Hotard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter announces crop forums for 2008</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:26:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/13/07)  Louisiana corn and soybean producers can hear about the latest research designed to help them grow profitable crops during the 2008 Louisiana Corn and Soybean Forum slated for Jan. 15 at the Delhi Civic Center. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Northeast Louisiana schools signing up for Ag Adventures</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:51:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/17/07) Ag Adventures, an educational experience in agriculture for fourth graders, will be held Jan. 28-29 at the Northeast District Livestock Show Barn and Civic Center, both in Delhi. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter honors top faculty, staff with 2007 awards</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:08:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/21/07) The LSU AgCenter honored five individuals and two teams with its top awards for faculty members as well as two staff members for their outstanding service during its annual conference Dec. 17-18 in Baton Rouge. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>CGautreaux@agcenter.lsu.edu (Craig Gautreaux)</dc:creator>
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      <title>2007 strong production year for Louisiana farmers</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:22:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/21/07) Large acreage shifts, high yields and good prices marked Louisiana agricultural production in 2007. Many acres shifted away from cotton and into corn. Wheat acres also rose. Overall, Louisiana farmers had a strong year, according to an LSU AgCenter economist Dr. Kurt Guidry. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Louisiana sugar growers see sweet harvest</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/20/07) Louisiana farmers are approaching the end of a good sugarcane harvest, according to industry observers. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BLegendre@agcenter.lsu.edu (Benjamin L. Legendre)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Wood recycling research gearing up at Calhoun Research Station</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/20/07) Two researchers have been added to the faculty at the LSU AgCenter’s Calhoun Research Station to develop environmentally friendly and economically viable products and methods to recycle decommissioned preservative-treated wood. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>TShupe@agcenter.lsu.edu (Todd F. Shupe)</dc:creator>
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      <title>‘Termite hunters’ hard at work in New Orleans</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/22/07) Armed with flashlights and long, sharp probes, LSU AgCenter inspectors search for termites in homes and businesses in the historic New Orleans French Quarter. They crawl through attics and prowl every room in a building, poking at walls suspected of harboring termites and knocking on baseboards listening for hollow sounds that would indicate termites have eaten away the wood. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter rice farming update meetings begin Jan. 8 in Welsh</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/21/07) Rice farmers can get up-to-date information in preparation for the 2008 crop at a series of four meetings being held across Southwest Louisiana, beginning Jan. 8 in Welsh, by the LSU AgCenter. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Conference on Atchafalaya River announced</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:41:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter unveils new literacy program in St. Helena Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:57:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 12/17/07) The LSU AgCenter kicked off its Little Bookshelf program in St. Helena Parish at the parish health unit in Greensburg on Dec. 12. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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