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      <title>LSU AgCenter Collaborates With State Fair To Enhance Junior Livestock Show</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/29/05) LSU AgCenter and State Fair of Louisiana officials recently entered an agreement designed to improve the State Fair’s Junior Livestock Show. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Check Your Trees Before Summer Storms, Hurricanes Arrive</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 18:15:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>State Horse Show Winners Announced</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:59:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/18/05) About 600 young horse enthusiasts participated in the LSU AgCenter’s 2005 State 4-H & FFA Horse Show, held for the first time at the Ike Hamilton Exposition Center here July 11-16. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>New Varieties Highlight Of Sugarcane Field Day</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/21/05) LSU AgCenter sugarcane researchers showcased new varieties at the sugarcane field day Wednesday (July 20). And LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station resident coordinator Dr. Kenneth Gravois said there is a tremendous amount of interest in these new varieties. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Alligator ‘Leftovers’ May Yield New Products</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/21/05) Louisiana produces about a million pounds of alligator waste – primarily carcasses – each year, and Texas, Georgia and Florida produce another 800,000 or so pounds a year. If LSU AgCenter researchers have their way, that waste will be turned into a usable product – collagen. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Risk Management Workshops Offered For Nursery Growers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/12/05) The LSU AgCenter and others will offer workshops focused on risk management for nursery growers July 25 in Baton Rouge and July 26 in Hammond. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Youth Financial Summit Stimulates, Motivates Educators</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:41:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/28/05) John Turner came to Baton Rouge from the New Orleans area to learn how to get involved in teaching youth financial literacy. He joined about 100 Louisiana school teachers and others who work with youth Wednesday and Thursday (July 27-28) to learn more about teaching financial literacy, especially to the state’s youth. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Hurricanes Can Hamper Louisiana Agriculture</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:23:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lumber Drying Workshop Set For August. 17-19</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:52:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Researchers To Examine Forest Certification Attitudes</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:42:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/26/05) Researchers from the LSU AgCenter and Mississippi State University are starting a project to measure how well nonindustrial private forest landowners understand certification programs. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Officials ‘Break Ground’ For New Livestock Facility</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:12:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/29/05) LSU AgCenter officials and other dignitaries ceremonially ‘broke ground’ for the new AgCenter’s Dean Lee Livestock Facilities and Sales Arena south of here Tuesday (July 26). - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Helping Residents Face Challenges Of Making Communities Better</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/22/05) Solutions for many of the problems in West Carroll Parish are formulated by community leaders and residents who gather around a little yellow table in the back of an old country store here and discuss local issues. Dr. James Barnes, director of the LSU AgCenter’s Rural Development Center, frequently joins in those discussions, and he says every community should have a yellow table where ideas can be hashed out. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Marsh Maneuvers Much More Than Summer Camp</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:56:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Experts Say Forest Management Must Include Environmental Component</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/22/05) Forests will continue to be an integral part of the landscape of Louisiana and the entire South for years to come, according to speakers at a recent conference sponsored by the LSU AgCenter’s School of Renewable Natural Resources. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Dual-row Corn Production Featured At Northeast Research Station Field Day</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:21:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/01/05) Producers could see new ways to grow more profitable crops in the near future as a result of research at the LSU AgCenter’s Northeast Research Station and others across the state. One project highlighted during the research reports at the Northeast Research Station’s Field Day Wednesday (June 29) was dual-row production of corn. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Students, Teachers Learn To Be 'BEST' This Summer</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:21:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/15/05) The Biotechnology Education for Students and Teachers program opened doors for Ashley Venters – although it might inadvertently close one as well. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Process Holds Promise For Recycling Pressure Treated Wood</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:25:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/27/25) A process for recycling treated wood products could save on disposal costs and liability concerns by keeping treated wood out of high-cost landfills, according to developers at the LSU AgCenter. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Watershed Summit To Address Rural, Urban Water Concerns</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:37:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/28/05) Finding the correct balance for water use is on a lot of people’s minds these days. To help developers and urban dwellers learn about the water-related issues involved in interface between today’s rural and urban areas, the LSU AgCenter is hosting the 2005 Northwest Louisiana Watershed Summit Aug. 11. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Rice Field Day Provides Look At New Techniques, Technology</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:59:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/01/05) Farmers from across South Louisiana who attended the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station Field Day Thursday (June 30) got a first-hand look at new techniques and new technology. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Louisiana Rice Crop About Two Weeks Late</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:46:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/08/05) The 2005 rice crop is about two weeks behind the usual rate of maturity, according to LSU AgCenter rice specialist Dr. Johnny Saichuk, who spoke Wednesday at the Southwest Louisiana Rice Tour here. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Military Youth Get Taste Of 4-H Camp</title>
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      <dc:creator>KCollins@agcenter.lsu.edu (R. Keith Collins)</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/28/05) Forest landowners and professionals will get a better understanding of managing their forests to increase productivity and sustainability during the first Western Gulf Silvicultural Technology Exchange slated for Sept. 1 here. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>MBlazier@agcenter.lsu.edu (Michael Blazier)</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/25/05) Brian Howard admits he sometimes wonders why he makes the effort to grow crops using conservation tillage methods. But then he says he sees the long-term benefits and realizes "it’s all worth it." Conservation tillage was just one of several best management practices Louisiana Master Farmer candidates learned when they toured Howard’s model farm here Thursday (July 21). - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>DSMorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu (Donna S. Morgan)</dc:creator>
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