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		<title>Major Land Use of the United States</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2012/02/03/major-land-use-of-the-united-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007 from ERS (Click on image below). By Cynthia Nickerson, Robert Ebel, Allison Borchers, and Fernando Carriazo Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-89) 67 pp, December 2011<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=419&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping tool for renewable energy resources</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2012/02/03/mapping-tool-for-renewable-energy-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Renewable Energy Lab has put together an interactive website showing best locations for a number of renewable energy sources, including biomass<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=417&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Ag Research</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/07/21/the-importance-of-ag-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everett Griner at Southeast AgNET tells us today how agriculture research is slowing down in the current economic/political environment.  This is not good for agriculture.  American farmers now compete in an ever-changing global economy.  To compete, they must innovate, and innovation means taking risks &#8211; innovative practices and crops are by definition possible (likely?) to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=396&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soil and Pasture Rental Rates from UDSA</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2010/08/05/soil-and-pasture-rental-rates-from-udsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Aug 2010.  The tool has been updated. USDA has a new tool that lets you download soil and pasture rental rates (for CRP and other uses) in a variety of ways.  Also has an EI caclulator.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=239&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting American Farmland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NRCS and the American Farmland Trust have put together a Farmland Information Center with lots of resources (searchable) on the economics, legislation and practicality of preserving and protecting farmland.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=185&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Field Borders for Wildlife</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2009/01/21/field-borders-for-wildlife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri Extension has published a great guide for installing field borders (herbaceous strips of vegetation replacing crops at field edges) entitled Field borders for agronomic, economic and wildlife benefits.   The document illustrates some important principles of corridor design that we focus on in my course, but that are not incorporated (intentionally!) into farm plans nearly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=180&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food safety and wildlife habitat</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2008/06/03/food-safety-and-wildlife-habitat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food safety concerns (like the e. coli &#8211; spinach scare) are influencing the amount of natural habitat in some agricultural areas. From the article &#8221; That translates into ripping out trees and bushes to create sterile buffer zones, up to 100 metres wide, to keep deer and other animals out of &#8220;crop blocks.&#8221; Not only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=47&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grazing and Haying CRP for Livestock Needs</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2008/05/29/grazing-and-haying-crp-for-livestock-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USDA just opened up &#62; 24 million acres of CRP to help offset increased feed costs. Many wildlife concerns are directly addressed. &#8220;Eligible land may not be hayed or grazed until after the end of the primary nesting season. Also, some &#8230;.. land must be reserved for wildlife and &#8230;&#8230; must have a conservation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=44&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Bill Review</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2008/05/19/farm-bill-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;buried deep in this monster bill are what could be the seeds of change.&#8221; FarmPolicy.com summarizes the new Farm Bill. Many of these seeds of change may be good for conservation.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=36&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Common Sense Conservation</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2008/04/14/common-sense-conservation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CP33 &#8211; Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds &#8211; is a relatively new practice available through continuous sign-up Conservation Reserve Program. Specifications for the buffers were designed with northern bobwhite and other grassland birds in mind. A big plus is that economic research suggests these buffers are profitable for the producer, too. Listen to 4 farmers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=12&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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