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      <title>Grain Sorghum Hybrids</title>
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      <title>Cool-season Pasture and Forage Varieties</title>
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      <title>Recent rains welcome relief but drought has taken its toll</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:16:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2011 LSU AgCenter Wheat Variety Evaluation Yields</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:06:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Attached are the 2011 LSU AgCenter wheat variety evaluation yields. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Drought bigger concern than flood for agriculture 2011</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:32:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 06/20/11) The drought and heat are turning out to be more of a problem for Louisiana farmers than the flood. Although it’s too early to predict the effects on crop yields and livestock production, 2011 is definitely not going to be as good as 2010. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Ag Newsletter:  April 2009</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:36:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This newsletter provides important information for producers to consider about soybean seeding rates and seed treatments. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ag Newsletter: December 2010</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:38:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Calculating nutrient losses from burning of corn residue is a moving target due to multiple factors. However, estimates can be made based on many years of research conducted throughout the corn belt in the mid-west. These estimates can help producers make decisions on the value of burning as a residue management option versus the value of nutrients being lost. The attached document provides such detailed information. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Ag Newsletter:  Fall/Winter 2008</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Information on Wheat Nitrogen Fertilization, Sulfur Fertilization on Wheat, and Poultry Litter as a Source of Fertilizer. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Ag Newsletter:  October 2009</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
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