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	<title>AgriLife Today » Texas AgriLife Extension Service</title>
	
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		<title>Small acreage sheep and goat production workshop series starts soon</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/25/small-acreage-sheep-and-goat-production-workshop-series-starts-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Byrns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu SAN ANGELO – The Texas AgriLife Extension Service, in cooperation with several other entities, will conduct three workshops in June for small-scale sheep and goat operators. The Small Acreage Sheep and Goat Risk Management Workshops have the same curriculum and last from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. They are all scheduled on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economist: Weigh every option before considering restocking beef herds</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/24/economist-weigh-every-option-before-considering-restocking-beef-herds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 21:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blair Fannin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE STATION –Restocking may be an option that many ranchers are considering, but rainfall and other factors will weigh heavily into the decision-making process, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist. Dr. Jason Johnson, AgriLife Extension economist from Stephenville, told beef producers at the recent O.D. Butler Forage Field Day at Camp Cooley Ranch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Texas faces new red katydid invasion</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/23/central-texas-faces-new-red-katydid-invasion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Byrns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576,  s-byrns@tamu.edu SAN ANTONIO – They’re “baack!” And after a two-year hiatus, red katydids have returned by the millions to torment Central Texans with their incessant racket and voracious appetite for oak leaves and other desirable plants. “This is the worst outbreak I’ve ever seen,” said Molly Keck, Texas AgriLife Extension Service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial sheep and goat workshops almost here</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/22/commercial-sheep-and-goat-workshops-almost-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Byrns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First program set for May 31 in Fredericksburg Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu SAN ANGELO – The first of three Commercial Sheep and Goat Producers Risk Management Workshops is set for 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. May 31 at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service office in Gillespie County, 95 Frederick Road in Fredericksburg. The workshops are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agriculture workshop for military veterans to be held June 16 in Seguin</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/22/agriculture-workshop-for-military/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paschattenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEGUIN – The Texas AgriLife Extension Service, in cooperation with the Texas AgrAbility Project and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will present an agriculture workshop for military veterans from 8 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m. June 16 in Seguin. The workshop, which is called &#8220;From Battleground to Breaking Ground: A Transformational Journey,” will be held at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas crop, weather for May 22, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drought recedes, but conditions still dicey in some regions COLLEGE STATION – The drought continued to recede with less than 14 percent of the state rated as being in an exceptional or extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor and Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. Farmers’ optimism rose in many areas as soil-moisture levels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Range and herd health workshop set for June 7 in Mason</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/22/range-and-herd-health-workshop-set-for-june-7-in-mason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Byrns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu MASON – The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a Range and Herd Health Workshop from 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. June 7 at the Richard Eckert Civic Center, 1024 McKinley Street in Mason. “This workshop is meant to educate area ranchers and the community on range and pasture improvement and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New AgriLife Extension agent named for Dallam/Hartley counties</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/18/new-agrilife-extension-agent-named-for-dallamhartley-counties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>skledbetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALHART – Kay Rogers is on the move – from the east corner of the Texas Panhandle to the west corner – to become the new Texas AgriLife Extension Service family and consumer sciences agent for Dallam and Hartley counties. Rogers joined the AgriLife Extension team in 2009 when she accepted a similar position in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New vineyard establishment workshops to be held in Hill Country</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/18/new-vineyard-establishment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paschattenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FREDERICKSBURG/COMFORT &#8212; The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will present the New Vineyard Establishment Workshop &#8212; Part 1 on May 31 at the Fovel Family Vineyard, 1027 Middle Creek Road, Fredericksburg. The program will be from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to dress in accordance with the weather and to be prepared to walk through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AgriLife Extension program in Austin will focus on beneficial insects</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/18/beneficial-insects-tc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paschattenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN &#8212; The Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Travis County will present a no-cost program on beneficial insects from 9-10 a.m. on June 13 at its offices at 1600-B Smith Road in Austin. “This program will focus on the identification of beneficial insects in the garden and landscape,” said Wizzie Brown, AgriLife Extension specialist in [...]]]></description>
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