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	<title>AgriLife Today</title>
	
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	<description>News and updates about Texas A&amp;M AgriLife</description>
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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>Texas A&amp;M soil and crop sciences department reworks curriculum</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/25/texas-am-soil-and-crop-sciences-department-reworks-curriculum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emphasis placed on water and environmental issues COLLEGE STATION – The curriculum of the Texas A&#38;M University department of soil and crop sciences is about to change with the times – more emphasis will be placed on water and environmental issues, said Dr. Jim Heilman. Heilman is a professor of environmental physics who was tapped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davies heads to Indonesia on Fulbright Fellowship</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/25/davies-heads-to-indonesia-on-fulbright-fellowship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ka-phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE STATION &#8212; Dr. Fred Davies has received a Senior Fulbright Fellowship to Indonesia, where he will be teaching at Bogor Agricultural University. Davies is a Regents Professor and Texas AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow in the horticultural sciences department at Texas A&#38;M University in College Station. He was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts say spring rains have helped, but more is needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r-santaana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experts say spring rains have helped, but more is needed WESLACO  &#8211;  Spring rains in extreme South Texas have helped keep reservoir levels behind Amistad and Falcon dams from dropping, but more is needed to help crops and end the drought, according to various experts in the field. Spring rains have reduced water releases from [...]]]></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>AgriLife Research electron-beam center gets important government agency certification</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/24/agrilife-e-beam-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paschattenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE STATION &#8212; The National Center for Electron Beam Research, part of Texas AgriLife Research of The Texas A&#38;M University System, has received a certificate of approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service. The electron-beam facility and associated equipment was examined and found acceptable for use in the treatment of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the best irrigation canal liner?</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/24/best-canal-liner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evaluations included whether kids use canals for swimming COLLEGE STATION &#8212; There are an estimated 1.2 million acres of agricultural land in Texas irrigated via canals, and many are in need of renovation, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. Historically, irrigation canals were basically just earthen ditches, according to Dr. Guy Fipps, AgriLife [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reduced tillage doesn’t mean reduced cotton yields under drip irrigation</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/23/reduced-tillage-doesnt-mean-reduced-cotton-yields-under-drip-irrigation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>skledbetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AgriLife Research study shows no yield impact, greater economic returns VERNON – Loss of production may be one concern cotton producers have on the Rolling Plains when considering switching to reduced- or no-tillage systems, said Dr. Paul DeLaune, Texas AgriLife Research environmental soil scientist in Vernon. Not only will cotton growers not lose production with [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/23/central-texas-faces-new-red-katydid-invasion/#comments</comments>
		<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>Two candidates interviewing for top Texas AgriLife Extension Service post</title>
		<link>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/22/two-candidates-interviewing-for-top-texas-agrilife-extension-service-post/</link>
		<comments>http://today.agrilife.org/2012/05/22/two-candidates-interviewing-for-top-texas-agrilife-extension-service-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 21:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ka-phillips</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://today.agrilife.org/?p=21736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[           COLLEGE STATION – Two candidates will be interviewed for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service director position, according to Dr. Mark Hussey, vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sciences for the Texas A&#38;M University System at College Station. Dr. Pete Gibbs of College Station and Dr. Doug Steele of Bozeman, Mont., will be [...]]]></description>
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