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    <title><![CDATA[Far West]]></title>

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    <description><![CDATA[ Ranch and farm real estate sales in the far west continue to struggle as a result of an uncertain regulatory environment, brokers said last week. However, there are some segments of the market that have stabilized in recent months and sales and inquiries are beginning to pick up.        ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[DESPITE TOUGH ECONOMY, U.S. EXPORTS FARING VERY WELL IN JAPAN]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-4505-despite-tough-economy-us-exports-faring-very-well-in-japan.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Japan reinforced its position as a key trading partner for the U.S. beef and pork industries in 2009, clearly outperforming the market and either maintaining or increasing U.S. beef and pork imports even as total retail and foodservice spending in Japan slumped in the global economic slowdown.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Study shows easements return $6 for every $1 ]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5242-study-shows-easements-return-$6-for-every-$1.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ A groundbreaking study conducted by the Trust for Public Lands (TPL) and the Colorado Cattlemen&rsquo;s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) has found that conservation easements put in place to protect farm and ranch land return significant financial                ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Center for Consumer Freedom takes on HSUS]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5245-center-for-consumer-freedom-takes-on-hsus.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ There is a new movement occupying the minds of the leaders at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is taking on the leadership of HSUS and working to beat them at their own game. On        ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[EPA&rsquo;s endangerment finding questioned]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5196-eparss-endangerment-finding-questioned.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The Environmental Protection Agency&rsquo;s (EPA) decision to list greenhouse gasses (GHG), and specifically carbon dioxide, as potentially hazardous to human health has come under attack with increasing frequency over the past two weeks. The so-called "endangerment finding" marks         ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Winter taxes south Plains]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5124-winter-taxes-south-plains.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Feeder cattle demand boosts prices in the West and northern Plains. Winter weather was taking a toll on southern Plains feedlots last week as the cold, wet conditions continued to hamper performance in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The ice storm]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bright spots]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5198-bright-spots.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Cattle markets have been robust over the past few weeks; fed cattle should get close to $89-90 this week which is good news for many cattle feeders. However, I am sure they don&rsquo;t like paying over $1 for feeder cattle again. Some of the cattle they placed from October through December should be making]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[BLM cancels WWP&rsquo;s Idaho grazing permit ]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5194-blm-cancels-wwprss-idaho-grazing-permit.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ In a notice issued at the end of last month, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field office in Challis, ID, stated its intention to cancel grazing permits linked to land controlled by the Western Watersheds Project (WWP), an anti-grazing advocacy group based in Hailey, ID. The notice, ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Budget proposal: Cut USDA discretionary spending]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5122-budget-proposal-cut-usda-discretionary-spending.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ President Barack Obama unveiled his budget for the 2011 fiscal year (FY) last week, including plans for the Agriculture Department. Obama has called for a freeze in discretionary spending for most government agencies, including USDA. However, his priorities                        ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Winter taxes south Plains]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5124-winter-taxes-south-plains.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Feeder cattle demand boosts prices in the West and northern Plains. Winter weather was taking a toll on southern Plains feedlots last week as the cold, wet conditions continued to hamper performance in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The ice storm]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Budget proposal: Cut USDA discretionary spending]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5122-budget-proposal-cut-usda-discretionary-spending.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ President Barack Obama unveiled his budget for the 2011 fiscal year (FY) last week, including plans for the Agriculture Department. Obama has called for a freeze in discretionary spending for most government agencies, including USDA. However, his priorities                        ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A level playing field	]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5246-a-level-playing-field.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The livestock industry got a big shot in the arm last week in the fight against attacks by Humane Society of the United States. The Center for Consumer Freedom launched an online counter-offensive, ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed trade steady, seasonal top may be in]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5243-fed-trade-steady-seasonal-top-may-be-in.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The recent advances in fed cattle prices seem to have pushed the market to its seasonal top last week with the trade mostly steady at $91-92 and analysts predicting that the market would turn lower over the next couple of weeks without     ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Judge rejects COOL challenge]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5197-judge-rejects-cool-challenge.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Washington feedlot operator Cody Easterday&rsquo;s challenge against USDA&rsquo;s mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law was rejected last week by U.S. District Judge Robert Whaley who determined in his ruling that the law did not violate the terms of NAFTA, as Easterday had alleged in]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed cattle prices pass $90]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5195-fed-cattle-prices-pass-$90.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Fed cattle markets in the North surged higher last week with some early fed trade in Nebraska at $145 dressed. Although it was too light to call the trend for the week, analysts were predicting that fed cattle trade in the southern tier would come in the $90-91 range with most of the northern         ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed trade steady, seasonal top may be in]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5243-fed-trade-steady-seasonal-top-may-be-in.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The recent advances in fed cattle prices seem to have pushed the market to its seasonal top last week with the trade mostly steady at $91-92 and analysts predicting that the market would turn lower over the next couple of weeks without     ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Inventory continues decline]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5244-inventory-continues-decline.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The USDAs National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported on Feb. 19 that the number of cattle on feed continues to decline. According to NASS, as of the start of February, there were 11 million head in U.S. feed yards, a 3 percent decline ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[GROUPS SUPPORT EFFORTS TO REFORM EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-4178-groups-support-efforts-to-reform-equal-access-to-justice-act.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The National Cattlemen&rsquo;s Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) are urging Members of Congress to support the Open EAJA Act of 2010 (H.R. 4717) introduced today by Reps. Cynthia Lummis, R-WY, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-SD and Rob Bishop, R-UT. H.R. 4717 would require oversight of federal funds awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[DAILY FEEDER CATTLE REPORT]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-4193-daily-feeder-cattle-report.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ In Oklahoma City, OK, this week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady while stocker cattle and calves were called $1-4 higher. Demand for feeder cattle was called moderate to good and demand was reportedly very good for stockers and calves.                                ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Southwest property prices stabilizing]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-4997-southwest-property-prices-stabilizing.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[&mdash;Region still represents one of the best values in the U.S.    Property values in the Southwest have been fluctuating over the past couple of years since the end of the real estate boom in the region. However, according to Max Kiehne of Centerfire Real Estate in Los Lunas, NM, prices have mostly stabilized in the region and in some cases are beginning to show signs of improvement. He said the inventory in                 ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[DAILY FED CATTLE MARKET REPORT]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-51-daily-fed-cattle-market-report.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Friday fed cattle trade was mostly light on light demand at mid-day in the southern Plains and Colorado. In the Northern Plains trading has been slow on light to moderate demand. In the Western Corn Belt trade was slow on moderate demand.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Judge rejects COOL challenge]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5197-judge-rejects-cool-challenge.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Washington feedlot operator Cody Easterday&rsquo;s challenge against USDA&rsquo;s mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law was rejected last week by U.S. District Judge Robert Whaley who determined in his ruling that the law did not violate the terms of NAFTA, as Easterday had alleged in]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[EPA&rsquo;s endangerment finding questioned]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5196-eparss-endangerment-finding-questioned.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The Environmental Protection Agency&rsquo;s (EPA) decision to list greenhouse gasses (GHG), and specifically carbon dioxide, as potentially hazardous to human health has come under attack with increasing frequency over the past two weeks. The so-called "endangerment finding" marks         ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Storms slow beef sales]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5160-storms-slow-beef-sales.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Fed cattle trade falls $1-2 The fed cattle market softened a little more last week as early trade was hampered by heavy carcass weights, deliveries of heavy cattle against the October live cattle contract, and continued erosion in boxed beef prices. Early trade in the northern Plains]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Judge grants temporary relief to Central Valley, CA]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5158-judge-grants-temporary-relief-to-central-valley-ca.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The fight over water in California&rsquo;s Central Valley heated up last week after U.S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger granted valley farmers and ranchers a temporary 14-day restraining order on Feb. 5 allowing the pumping of water from                ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS DROP HSUS SUPPORT]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-4192-pilot-travel-centers-drop-hsus-support.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The agricultural community appears to be gaining voice in the anti-animal agriculture debate. Pilot Travel Centers have dropped all future donations to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) after getting feedback from U.S. farmers and ranchers. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[USDA shifts direction on animal ID program]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5159-usda-shifts-direction-on-animal-id-program.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) has been cast on the scrap heap by USDA in favor of a more industry-friendly program. The announcement, made by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, will seek to work out a set of guidelines with the states and tribal governments for the sole purpose of tracing animal disease outbreaks. The newly proposed program             ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Storms slow beef sales]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5160-storms-slow-beef-sales.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Fed cattle trade falls $1-2 The fed cattle market softened a little more last week as early trade was hampered by heavy carcass weights, deliveries of heavy cattle against the October live cattle contract, and continued erosion in boxed beef prices. Early trade in the northern Plains]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Goodbye NAIS! Hello?]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5162-goodbye-nais_-hello.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ USDA announced last week that they were altering their plans for the very unpopular National Animal Identification System (NAIS). When USDA held a series of producer input meetings last year, they certainly got an earful of negative responses. Therefore, USDA has decided to stop pursuing ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed cattle prices pass $90]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5195-fed-cattle-prices-pass-$90.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Fed cattle markets in the North surged higher last week with some early fed trade in Nebraska at $145 dressed. Although it was too light to call the trend for the week, analysts were predicting that fed cattle trade in the southern tier would come in the $90-91 range with most of the northern         ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Utah&rsquo;s Tavaputs Ranch wins 2009 Leopold Award]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5247-utahrss-tavaputs-ranch-wins-2009-leopold-award.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ High in the remote aspen-covered mountains of eastern-central Utah, the Tavaputs Ranch sits in a panoramic wonderland. Owned and operated by Butch and Jeanie Jensen, the ranch was founded in 1889 by Jeanie&rsquo;s great-grandfather. The Jensens&rsquo;                 ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Southwest property prices stabilizing]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-4997-southwest-property-prices-stabilizing.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[&mdash;Region still represents one of the best values in the U.S.    Property values in the Southwest have been fluctuating over the past couple of years since the end of the real estate boom in the region. However, according to Max Kiehne of Centerfire Real Estate in Los Lunas, NM, prices have mostly stabilized in the region and in some cases are beginning to show signs of improvement. He said the inventory in                 ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Inventory continues decline]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5244-inventory-continues-decline.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The USDAs National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported on Feb. 19 that the number of cattle on feed continues to decline. According to NASS, as of the start of February, there were 11 million head in U.S. feed yards, a 3 percent decline ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Study shows easements return $6 for every $1 ]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5242-study-shows-easements-return-$6-for-every-$1.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ A groundbreaking study conducted by the Trust for Public Lands (TPL) and the Colorado Cattlemen&rsquo;s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) has found that conservation easements put in place to protect farm and ranch land return significant financial                ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Center for Consumer Freedom takes on HSUS]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5245-center-for-consumer-freedom-takes-on-hsus.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ There is a new movement occupying the minds of the leaders at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is taking on the leadership of HSUS and working to beat them at their own game. On        ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A level playing field	]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5246-a-level-playing-field.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The livestock industry got a big shot in the arm last week in the fight against attacks by Humane Society of the United States. The Center for Consumer Freedom launched an online counter-offensive, ]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:56:30 CST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Study shows easements return $6 for every $1 ]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5242-study-shows-easements-return-$6-for-every-$1.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ A groundbreaking study conducted by the Trust for Public Lands (TPL) and the Colorado Cattlemen&rsquo;s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) has found that conservation easements put in place to protect farm and ranch land return significant financial                ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed cattle market trades steady]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5249-fed-cattle-market-trades-steady.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Fed cattle trade was put off until Friday last week as packers appeared reluctant to pay asking prices for showlist animals, particularly in the southern tier where cattle were priced at $94-95. The call for the week, ahead of any significant trade last Thursday       ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congress to push for disclosure of lawsuit costs]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5250-congress-to-push-for-disclosure-of-lawsuit-costs.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Cynthia Lummis, R-WY, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-SD, and Rob Bishop, R-UT, have managed to find common ground in the interest of protecting their constituents from radical lawsuits filed by]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Reckless: Lead, follow, or get out of the way]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5252-reckless-lead-follow-or-get-out-of-the-way.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Lead, follow, or get out of the way is apparently how the Obama administration&rsquo;s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) feels about climate change. Several months ago, EPA announced that carbon dioxide was a public endangerment and, as a result, the agency was required to manage the issue]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[University of Nevada may close College of Agriculture]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5248-university-of-nevada-may-close-college-of-agriculture.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Officials at the University of Nevada, Reno, (UNR) announced a plan on March 1 that, if brought to fruition, would leave the state without an agricultural college. The plan to dismantle UNR&rsquo;s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[USDA shifts direction on animal ID program]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5159-usda-shifts-direction-on-animal-id-program.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) has been cast on the scrap heap by USDA in favor of a more industry-friendly program. The announcement, made by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, will seek to work out a set of guidelines with the states and tribal governments for the sole purpose of tracing animal disease outbreaks. The newly proposed program             ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS DROP HSUS SUPPORT]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-4192-pilot-travel-centers-drop-hsus-support.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The agricultural community appears to be gaining voice in the anti-animal agriculture debate. Pilot Travel Centers have dropped all future donations to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) after getting feedback from U.S. farmers and ranchers. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[DAILY FEEDER CATTLE REPORT]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-4193-daily-feeder-cattle-report.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ In Oklahoma City, OK, this week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady while stocker cattle and calves were called $1-4 higher. Demand for feeder cattle was called moderate to good and demand was reportedly very good for stockers and calves.                                ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Public land grazing fees to be steady for 2010]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5123-public-land-grazing-fees-to-be-steady-for-2010.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The grazing fee for federal lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for the coming year will be $1.35 per animal unit month  and $1.35 per head month for lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The grazing fee is unchanged for the third ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Judge grants temporary relief to Central Valley, CA]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5158-judge-grants-temporary-relief-to-central-valley-ca.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The fight over water in California&rsquo;s Central Valley heated up last week after U.S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger granted valley farmers and ranchers a temporary 14-day restraining order on Feb. 5 allowing the pumping of water from                ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Winter taxes south Plains]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlj.net/article-5124-winter-taxes-south-plains.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Feeder cattle demand boosts prices in the West and northern Plains. Winter weather was taking a toll on southern Plains feedlots last week as the cold, wet conditions continued to hamper performance in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The ice storm]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:56:30 CST]]></pubDate>
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