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      <title>The Louisiana Master Farmer Program</title>
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      <title>Improved Dune Plants Goal Of AgCenter Research</title>
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      <title>Smooth Cordgrass Varieties: Descriptions and Performance</title>
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      <title>2012 Outstanding Louisiana Master Farmer Award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[John Tilton recieves 2012 Outstanding Louisiana Master Farmer Award. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Functions and Values of Wetlands in Louisiana</title>
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      <title>2012 Certified Master Farmers Part 1</title>
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      <title>2012 Certified Master Farmers  Part 2</title>
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      <title>Morehouse Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 21:08:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 21:12:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Jefferson Davis Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:58:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cameron Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:29:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tangipahoa Parish</title>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 21:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Claiborne Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:33:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Franklin Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:46:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Pointe Coupee Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 21:15:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Faces of Louisiana Agriculture</title>
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      <dc:creator>LBenedict@agcenter.lsu.edu (Linda F. Benedict)</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 14:43:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 14:36:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:43:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:06:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Louisiana ‘Master Farmers’ Lead the Nation</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 03:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Louisiana has stepped out ahead of all other states in the nation in helping farmers learn to voluntarily comply with stricter environmental regulations governing water quality. This has happened because of the LSU AgCenter’s Master Farmer Program. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>LBenedict@agcenter.lsu.edu (Linda F. Benedict)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Phase I Trainings</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:04:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>2011 Certified Master Farmers</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:06:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2009 Louisiana Master Farmer Program Field Days</title>
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      <title>Caldwell Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:27:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Vermilion Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 14:40:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Avoyelles Parish</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 14:47:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:25:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 21:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 14:25:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:52:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 20:54:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Anthony Plattsmier, St. Landry Parish</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/faces/Anthony-Plattsmier-St-Landry-Parish.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:21:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Anthony Plattsmier farms approximately 500 acres of rice and soybeans in St. Landry Parish. He has participated in the LSU AgCenter's rice verification program. (Running time: 1:10) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>CGautreaux@agcenter.lsu.edu (Craig Gautreaux)</dc:creator>
      <category domain="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/faces/"><![CDATA[Faces of Louisiana Agriculture]]></category>
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      <title>Troubleshooting Your Compost Pile</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/composting/backyard/Troubleshooting+Your+Compost+Pile.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:09:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Troubleshooting: Symptoms, possible causes and prescriptions for your composting problems. (PDF Format Only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Bcarney@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jr., William A. Carney)</dc:creator>
      <image url="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/BCC96EDA-75F7-4F08-9C81-1ADA8C167D49/2183/pub2517compost3.jpg" title="Troubleshooting Your Compost Pile">
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        <title>Troubleshooting Your Compost Pile</title>
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      <title>Master Farmer Partnerships</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/Partnerships/index.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 21:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Louisiana Master Farmer Program thanks cooperative partners for assisting in these programs. You can link to their web sites. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/Partnerships/index.htm</guid>
      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
      <category domain="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/partnerships/"><![CDATA[Partnerships]]></category>
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      <title>List of SPCC Plan Developers in Louisiana</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/fuel_oil/List-of-SPCC-Plan-Developers-in-Louisiana.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:17:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Attached is a list of professional engineering and planning firms that have experience in developing SPCC and SPC plans. Producers and companies needing plans are greatly encouraged to contact these companies and seek their guidance in implementing the practices required by SPCC/SPC. Firms that are not listed, and would like to be included in this list, are requested to contact Dr. Ron Sheffield at rsheffield@agcenter.lsu.edu. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>RSheffield@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ron Sheffield)</dc:creator>
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        <title>Fuel tank</title>
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      <title>Mold Removal Guidelines for Your Flooded Home</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/communications/publications/Publications+Catalog/Disaster+Information/Disaster+Information+Resources+Series/Mold+Removal+Guidelines+for+Your+Flooded+Home.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:24:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A flood-damaged home needs special care to remove mold safely and effectively. Mold begins to grow on materials that stay wet longer than two or three days. The longer mold grows, the greater the health hazard it is and the harder it is to control. (PDF Format Only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>CReichel@agcenter.lsu.edu (Claudette H. Reichel)</dc:creator>
      <image url="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/CABFF19A-1781-4C7E-B58C-1588F203A588/88223/cmsimage.jpg" title="moldy walls">
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        <title>moldy walls</title>
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      <title>Terrebonne Parish</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/Participants/Terrebonne+Parish.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:49:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Terrebonne Parish  Master Farmer Participants. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/Participants/Terrebonne+Parish.htm</guid>
      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
      <category domain="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/participants/"><![CDATA[Participants]]></category>
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      <title>St. James Parish</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/Participants/St+James+Parish.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:47:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Master Farmer Program Participant List: St. James Parish - Full Content set to .]]></description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/Participants/St+James+Parish.htm</guid>
      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
      <category domain="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/participants/"><![CDATA[Participants]]></category>
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      <title>Newsletters</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/Newsletters/Newsletters.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:27:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Master Farmer Newsletters are available to you online to keep you updated on the Master Farmer Program. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Prescribed Burns Help the Sugarcane Industry and Reduce Smoke and Ash Problems</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/burn_smoke/sugarcane/Prescribed+Burns+Help+the+Sugarcane+Industry+and+Reduce+Smoke+and+Ash+Problems.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2005 20:22:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The ability of farmers to burn sugarcane is a significant economic factor for the state’s sugarcane industry. Burning of sugarcane before harvest eliminates from 30 percent to 50 percent of the leafy trash (residue), which constitutes from 20 percent to 25 percent of the total weight of the plant. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BLegendre@agcenter.lsu.edu (Benjamin L. Legendre)</dc:creator>
      <image url="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/6196928C-79EA-4BC6-B2B8-5CDF17769079/11844/caneburn2.jpg" title="Cane Burn">
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        <title>Cane Burn</title>
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      <category domain="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/burn_smoke/sugarcane/"><![CDATA[Sugarcane]]></category>
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      <title>Louisiana Smoke Management Guidelines for Sugarcane Harvesting</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/burn_smoke/sugarcane/Louisiana+Smoke+Management+Guidelines+for+Sugarcane+Harvesting.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 17:47:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[These guidelines are intended to help manage smoke and ash from sugarcane prescribed burning operations to lessen their impact on public health and welfare. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Bcarney@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jr., William A. Carney)</dc:creator>
      <image url="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/8AAEF1B2-EFA6-40A0-AC59-654C15894EE9/12578/cane_burning3.jpg" title="photo of Sugarcane Burning">
        <url>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/8AAEF1B2-EFA6-40A0-AC59-654C15894EE9/12578/cane_burning3.jpg</url>
        <title>photo of Sugarcane Burning</title>
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      <title>Portrait of an Estuary</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/wetlands/Portrait+of+an+Estuary.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:09:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This publication inventories the functions and values of the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary System at the interface of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, and it chronicles the serious plight of landscape deterioration facing its inhabitants. (PDF format only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>RCaffey@agcenter.lsu.edu (Rex H. Caffey)</dc:creator>
      <image url="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/C65F2439-BA64-4FCB-8804-D0749EE6226C/3241/pub2802estuary3.jpg" title="Portriat of an Estuary">
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        <title>Portriat of an Estuary</title>
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      <category domain="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/wetlands/"><![CDATA[Wetlands/Coastal Restoration]]></category>
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      <title>Arthropod Pest Management</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/Arthropod-Pest-Management.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:41:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The objective of this section is to identify pest issues inconservation tillage systems and briefly summarize theproper integration of selected integrated pest management (IPM) strategies in these systems. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
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        <title>One of the most common insect pests that have been a consistent problem in conservation tillage systems is a complex of cutworms that severs seedling plants at the soil line. </title>
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      <title>Fertilizer &amp; Lime</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/fertilizer-lime.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:36:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Conversion from a conventional tillage system in which the soil is worked extensively, to a conservation tillage system in which the soil is rarely or never disturbed, causes significant changes in the soil. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
      <image url="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/38F358D1-25FC-4B0F-959E-6E5128807ABF/86002/fertilizerandlime.jpg" title="Conservation tillage in Louisiana emphasizes the importance of leaving crop residue on the soil surface to reduce rainfall impact and slow runoff.">
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        <title>Conservation tillage in Louisiana emphasizes the importance of leaving crop residue on the soil surface to reduce rainfall impact and slow runoff.</title>
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      <title>Variety Selection &amp; Seedling Rates</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/Variety-Selection--Seedling-Rates.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Although variety selection for conservation practices isnot greatly different from that used in other croppingsystems, selection of suitable varieties for planting canhelp make conservation tillage planting more successful. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
      <image url="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/77EF11F7-489D-4000-8789-12B12F67E0A7/86082/Chapter3.jpg" title="Doublecrop sorghum in wheat.">
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        <title>Doublecrop sorghum in wheat.</title>
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      <title>Winter Cover Crops</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/Winter-Cover-Crops.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:26:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Winter cover crops fall into two general categories– grass (grain) crops and legumes. The grass cropsinclude wheat, rye and oats, while the legumes includesuch crops as the vetches, peas and clovers. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Crop Rotations</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/Crop-Rotations.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:27:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Crop rotations are especially important for cropping systems with soybeans, wheat and sweet potatoes - crops that quickly lose yield and quality potential with continuous cropping practices, because of disease, insect and weed problems. In addition to the yield benefits, other benefits are derived from rotation in conservation systems are described in this chapter. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Introduction</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/introduction.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:47:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Introduction to the Louisiana Conservation Tillage Handbook prepared by the LSU AgCenter and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
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        <title>Conservation Tillage</title>
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      <category domain="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/"><![CDATA[Conservation Tillage]]></category>
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      <title>Web Links &amp; Contributing Authors</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/Contributing-Authors.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 20:36:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributing authors to the LSU AgCenter's Louisiana Conservation Tillage Handbook. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
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        <title>Please click on this image for the printable PDF version of the LSU AgCenter's Louisiana Conservation Tillage Handbook.</title>
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      <title>Welcome to Louisiana Conservation Tillage</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/index.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:58:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Conservation Tillage was prepared in cooperation with and through funding provided by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the LSU AgCenter's Louisiana Master Farmer Program. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
      <category domain="http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/"><![CDATA[Conservation Tillage]]></category>
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      <title>Final Thoughts</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/tillage/Final-Thoughts.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 19:51:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This publication was designed to inspire producers considering moving to a conservation tillage system. As with conventional tillage, conservation tillage systems have hurdles that must be overcome. Technology exists to overcome all of these obstacles, however. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>BPadgett@agcenter.lsu.edu (Guy B. Padgett)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Louisiana Conservation Tillage Handbook</title>
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      <title>Sugarcane Best Management Practices</title>
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      <title>Registration Form</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:10:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:37:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Contact information about the Master Farmer Program. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>DSMorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu (Donna S. Morgan)</dc:creator>
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      <title>About the Master Farmer Program</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Louisiana Master Farmer Program is an effort to demonstrate that agricultural producers can and will voluntarily reduce the impact that agricultural production has on Louisiana’s environment. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Faces of Louisiana Agriculture: Bobby Morris</title>
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      <title>Related Links</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:41:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Provides links to Web sites that are of interest to participants in the Master Farmer program. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Louisiana Master Farmer Caps</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/Master+Farmer+Caps/Louisiana+Master+Farmer+Caps.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[LSU AgCenter caps supporting the Louisiana Master Farmer Program are now available. Order form provided. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Master Farmer Curriculum</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:22:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Master Farmer Curriculum information including classroom instruction, certification program activities, and development of conservation plans. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Composting: A Disposal Method for Fish Waste</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/composting/Composting+A+Disposal+Method+for+Fish+Waste.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:54:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Composting fish waste is a relatively new, practical and environmentally sound alternative to disposing of fish waste. It is an economical, fairly odorless and biologically beneficial practice for seafood operations. This publication explains that a commitment to proper management of the compost bins is the key to successful composting. (PDF Format Only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Bcarney@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jr., William A. Carney)</dc:creator>
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      <title>TMDLs  (Total Maximum Daily Loads)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:43:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Master Farmer National Curriculum</title>
      <link>http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/conservation/master_farmer/National+Curriculum/index.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:13:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Master Farmer National Curriculum project delivers a nationally applicable curriculum and supporting educational tools to U.S. agriculture and natural resources extension agents to help producers achieve environmentally sustainable production systems. Producers can also benefit directly from the information that the curriculum provides. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ernest Girouard)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Agronomic Crops (Soybeans, Cotton, Wheat, Corn and Feed Grains) Best Management Practices</title>
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      <dc:creator>BLeblanc@agcenter.lsu.edu (Brian D. LeBlanc)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Certified Master Farmers</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:09:18 GMT</pubDate>
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