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		<title>Hormone use in poultry &#8211; an expert speaks up</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/hormone-use-in-poultry-an-expert-speaks-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hormones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poultry Food Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Susan Watkins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a factual and well produced video from an extension colleague on the facts surrounding hormone use in commercial chicken production. In this video our friend, Dr. Susan Watkins, from the University of Arkansas, spells out the biological, economical &#8230; <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/hormone-use-in-poultry-an-expert-speaks-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UD holds Emergency Poultry Disease Response Program</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/ud-holds-emergency-poultry-disease-response-program/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/ud-holds-emergency-poultry-disease-response-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Benson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Gelb]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a recent article from UDaily on a terrific program and f the role UD and the College of Agriculture  &#38; Natural Resources in engaging our local and global participants. Emergency Poulrty Disease Response &#8211; 2012]]></description>
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		<title>Hormone use in Poultry</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/hormone-use-in-poultry/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/hormone-use-in-poultry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Reily Brown III</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avian Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poultry Food Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poultry Industry in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hormones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poultry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is amazing the amount of misinformation about antibotic use in commercial poultry. Attached is a recent article published last week by Mike Czarick and Brian Fairchild in their monthly Newsletter. This article articulates seven major reasons hormones aren&#8217;t used in modern &#8230; <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/hormone-use-in-poultry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Those were the days, weren&#8217;t they?</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/those-were-the-days/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/those-were-the-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A look back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently shown a video that was created by our colleagues at UC Davis Extension.  Thought you would appreciate the video: MDW on behalf of Bill Brown]]></description>
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		<title>Spring cleaning for poultry houses</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/spring-cleaning-for-poultry-houses/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/spring-cleaning-for-poultry-houses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[litter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many poultry farms have or will soon be cleaning out for spring. Some farms in the area are learning to handle and manage a new litter product &#8211; baled, kiln-dried shavings.  These bales are approximately 700 pounds and are filled &#8230; <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/spring-cleaning-for-poultry-houses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Switchgrass as poultry bedding</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/switchgrass-as-poultry-bedding/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/switchgrass-as-poultry-bedding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[switchgrass]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Delaware and Maryland and Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI)  is currently working to evaluate processed Switchgrass (Panicum vergatum) as a potential bedding material. Pictured here is a 4 year old switch grass planting in Chestertown, Md., which &#8230; <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/switchgrass-as-poultry-bedding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heating and ventilation issues in poultry houses</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/poultry-house-energy-smoketest/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/poultry-house-energy-smoketest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoke test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[static pressure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday afternoon, Feb. 13, I visited a farm outside Millsboro that was experiencing heating and ventilation problems. This farm had purchased two new high performance timer fans and was only able to pull .05 static pressure. After much investigation &#8230; <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/poultry-house-energy-smoketest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Local news article highlights challenges to the poultry industry</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/capegazette-feb-10/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/capegazette-feb-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poultry Industry in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape Gazette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron MacArthur]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Ron MacArthur for his recent article in the Cape Gazette (Feb. 10) 2012. 2011: A challenging year for the poultry industry A perfect storm of economic, weather and regulatory factors combined to make 2011 one of the most &#8230; <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/capegazette-feb-10/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Responsible manure practices</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/responsible-manure-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/responsible-manure-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrient Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good stewardship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many poultry farms across the Delmarva are now cleaning out their poultry barns and staging these nutrients for use as an organic fertilizer. All farmers on the shore operate their farms under state approved science-based nutrient management plans. These plans &#8230; <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/responsible-manure-practices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Respiratory Health Webinar offered on Feb. 15</title>
		<link>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/respiratory-health-webinar-offered-on-feb-15/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/respiratory-health-webinar-offered-on-feb-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MDW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webinar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workshops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Respiratory Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DATE:   February 15, 2012 at 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. SPEAKER:  John May, M.D., with Bassett Hospital and New York Center for Agriculture Medicine and Health Our Extension partners, Mid-Atlantic AgrAbility are holding a webinar workshop on Respiratory Health. The agricultural &#8230; <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/poultryextension/respiratory-health-webinar-offered-on-feb-15/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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