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[image: ] Printable Version ON THE COVER Cows graze at the LSU AgCenter’s Southeast Research Station near Franklinton. The facility includes about 190 cows with plans to increase to 220 with 200 milking. See more on research at the station on in the article: New Tool to Gauge Dairy Herd Nutrition: Milk Urea Nitrogen. Photo by John Wozniak. in this issue [Image: Cover Page]Louisiana Agriculture Magazine Summer 2001 Vol. 44, No. 3 [Image: Eggs]Preliminary Evaluation of Early-age Catfish Stocking to Enhance Louisiana Fingerling Producers’ Profitability In Louisiana and other catfish-producing states, most growers focus on the production of market-ready fish and purchase fingerling catfish to restock their production ponds from a smaller number of farmers who specialize in fingerling production. In Louisiana, fewer than 20 fingerling producers satisfy the annual seed stock requirements for the state’s catfish industry. 1