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      <title>2002 Louisina Dairy Digest</title>
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      <title>Using DHI SCC to Manage Bulk Tank Somatic Cell Counts</title>
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      <title>Salt Contamination Of Soil After Rita May Not Be As Bad As Feared; Tests To Begin This Week</title>
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      <title>When Can Calves be Weaned?</title>
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      <title>Assessment of Damage to Louisiana Agricultural, Forestry, and Fisheries Sectors By Hurricane Katrina</title>
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      <title>Rearing Replacement Heifers: Birth to Weaning</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:23:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Take a Look at Fluid Merit Dollars (FM$) as a Sire Selection Criteria</title>
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      <title>The Transfer of Passive Immunity to Neonatal Dairy Calves</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:58:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Does Chromium Have a Future in Dairy Cow Nutrition?</title>
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      <title>Drought Management on Louisiana Dairy Farms</title>
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      <title>Milk Urea Nitrogen Evaluation in Louisiana Dairy Herds</title>
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      <title>Male Offspring Distributions in Calving and Farrowing Data</title>
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      <title>Corn Silage Management for Lactating Dairy Cows</title>
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      <title>The Effects of Condition Score on the Performance of Early Lactation Holstein Cows</title>
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      <title>Ration Strategies for Hot Weather</title>
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      <dc:creator>JWard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jerry Don Ward)</dc:creator>
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      <title>2005 Beef, Dairy and Forage Production Costs</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 18:25:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This report presents estimates of production costs for beef cattle, dairy cattle and forage production in Louisiana for 2005. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Producing Quality Milk Using a Comprehensive Mastitis Control Program</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:09:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Producers can improve milk quality in Louisiana by lowering somatic cell counts, especially during the summer and early fall. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Evaluating Milk Quality Using Standard Plate Counts and Preliminary Incubation Counts</title>
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      <title>Diluting Maintenance Costs and Marginal Milk</title>
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      <title>Calfnotes.com</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:48:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Aflatoxin in Dairy Feeds</title>
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      <title>La. dairy farmers face falling on-farm milk prices</title>
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      <title>2007 Dairy Digest</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:04:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>All Trace Mineral Supplements Are Not Created Equal</title>
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