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      <description><![CDATA[This article provides a description of the trends in crop insurance used by Louisiana agriculture producers. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>JWestra@agcenter.lsu.edu (John Westra)</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report contains estimates of production costs and returns and direct expenses for 20 vegetable crops and 35 production situations. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>RHinson@agcenter.lsu.edu (Roger A. Hinson)</dc:creator>
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      <dc:creator>MSalassi@agcenter.lsu.edu (Michael Salassi)</dc:creator>
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      <title>La. dairy farmers face falling on-farm milk prices</title>
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      <dc:creator>WGauthier@agcenter.lsu.edu (Wayne M. Gauthier)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Risky Business: Louisiana agriculture prevails through tough times</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The economic downturn affects agriculture just as it does the rest of the economy. LSU AgCenter economists offer their predictions for Louisiana agriculture in 2009. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>LBenedict@agcenter.lsu.edu (Linda F. Benedict)</dc:creator>
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      <title>2007 Projected Louisiana Sugarcane Production Costs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The report presents cost estimates for sugarcane production in Louisiana for the 2007 crop year. Cost estimates are included for all phases of sugarcane production including seedbed preparation, planting, plant-cane and stubble crop operations and harvest. Whole farm projected income and expense statements are also included for harvest of sugarcane through second, third and fourth stubble (ratoon) crops. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>MSalassi@agcenter.lsu.edu (Michael Salassi)</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:03:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report presents estimates of projected costs of producing crawfish in Louisiana for the 2008 season. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report presents estimates of projected costs for crawfish and catfish production in Louisiana for 2007. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:20:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This report presents estimates of projected production costs for crawfish and catfish production in Louisiana for 2006. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report presents estimates of projected production costs for beef cattle, dairy and forage-crop production in Louisiana for 2007. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:54:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This report presents estimates of projected production costs for beef cattle production, dairy production and forage crop production for the 2006 crop year. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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