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            <title><![CDATA[Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 02:50:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Organic industry's political clout grows on Capitol Hill as consumers demand organic foods]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 07:55:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes 12 years after similar Monsanto push failed]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meet this week's Ag Kid: Tate Snyder]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Alonso]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 18:44:53 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[11-year-old Tate Snyder was born and raised around both pigs and horses. He is this week's Ag Kid.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Substantial donation allows students to learn hands-on in a new greenhouse]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Allt]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 16:17:18 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A $500,000 gift was given to the Centerville campus of Indian Hills by Morgan Cline.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma congressman uses farm bill to attack food stamps]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 05:20:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Oklahoma congressman proposes $20 billion spending cut over 10 years in nation's food stamps program]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meet This Week's Ag Kid: Maria Gunnels]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Alonso]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 17:23:49 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[17-year-old Maria Gunnels is continuing with the family tradition of showing and rasing cattle. She is this week's Ag Kid.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fairfield Farmers Market opens]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Simon]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 May 2013 21:54:54 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of Jefferson County residents stocked up on fresh items at the Fairfield Farmers Market Saturday. Around 30 local vendors had tables set up for the market’s opening day,]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Farmers' Market returns to Kirksville]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Alonso]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 May 2013 20:30:55 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Farmers' Market returned to the city of Kirksville Saturday morning. 

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            <title><![CDATA[Where have all the honeybees gone?]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 08:11:23 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[New federal report cites many causes for dramatic bee disappearance]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[That's the spirit: Booze from local crops booming]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 02:20:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[From grain to glass, making vodka and whiskey with local crops is catching on]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drought helped one Heartland biorefinery acquire upgrades]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Puricelli]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 22:53:52 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The drought of 2013 helps bring upgrades to Heartland ethanol plant.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[From drought to drenched, corn farmers face more hardships]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Puricelli]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:35:58 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Spring conditions have left unfavorable conditions for corn farmers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Kirksville Farmer's Market of the year is this Saturday]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Alonso]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:32:22 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Kirksville Kiwanis Club will start their 36th annual Farmer's Market this Saturday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meet this week's Ag Kid: Rachel Wonderlich]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Simon]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:26:49 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Rachel Wonderlich grew up on her family's farm HIllview Dairy Inc where she tends to and milks nearly 250 cows.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Persistent New Mexico drought brings tough choices]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[More tough choices ahead for farmers, cities as New Mexico grapples with third year of drought]]></description>
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