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		<title>Agricultural Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.noble.org/tools/</link>
		<description>Recent agricultural tools designed by the Noble Foundation.</description>
		<copyright>2008-2011 The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.</copyright>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:00:00 CST</pubDate>
		<lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:00:00 CST</lastBuildDate>
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					<title>White-tailed Deer Field-dressed/Whole Weight Converter</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/deer-weight-converter/index.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This calculator determines whole or field-dressed weight estimates for white-tailed deer using the corresponding available weight.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/deer-weight-converter/index.html</guid>
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					<title>Hay Ring Waste Calculator</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/hay-ring/index.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This calculator will allow you to determine the amount of hay that is wasted cattle from various hay ring feeder types on a per bale, monthly and annual basis. Additionally, by including the cost of a bale of hay and how many bales are typically fed in a month, the calculator will determine the total cost of the wasted hay to evaluate if the purchase of a more efficient feeder is plausible.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/hay-ring/index.html</guid>
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					<title>Value of Weathered Hay Calculator</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/weathered-hay/index.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This calculator enables the producer to determine the actual value of hay in a round bale after taking into account the depth of weathered hay that is low quality and inedible. An additional use of this tool is to determine the additional amount of hay that is required by the cow herd to meet intake requirements, accounting for weathered hay.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/weathered-hay/index.html</guid>
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					<title>Hay Hauling Calculator</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/hay-hauling/index.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The hay hauling calculator allows you to estimate the total cost of purchasing and transporting hay. Users have the flexibility to calculate total cost per bale or total cost per ton. Users can also specify the number of bales able to be hauled per load.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/hay-hauling/index.html</guid>
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					<title>Planter Calibration Calculator</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/PlanterCal.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This tool calculates the approximate number of seeds per acre and number of pounds per acre that a planter is set to deliver.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/PlanterCal.html</guid>
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					<title>Boom Sprayer Calibration</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/boom.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This calculator determines gallons per acre applied by boom sprayer. These sprayers are suitable for pre-plant, pre-emergence or post-emergence applications in cropland, pastures and rangeland.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/boom.html</guid>
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					<title>Pecan Tree Evaluation</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/PecanValue.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The productivity of a pecan orchard is based on many factors, but arguably the most important is the cross-sectional square feet of trunk area per acre. Cross-sectional square feet of trunk area per acre is the sum of the trunk sizes of the trees per acre.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/PecanValue.html</guid>
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					<title>Heifer Synchronization</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/HeiferSync.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This tool calculates dates and times for all the management steps associated with the CoSynch+CIDR AI breeding program.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/HeiferSync.html</guid>
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					<title>Hay Days Available</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/HayDays.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This calculator allows cooperators to inventory hay supplies on hand and predict the number of days available for either limit feeding or full feeding hay. The cooperator can also use this to back calculate hay demand.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/HayDays.html</guid>
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					<title>Cow Calf Net Return (spreadsheet)</title>
					<link>http://www.noble.org/Tools/cowcalf.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This tool is used by producers to determine their costs and revenue per cow.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:00:00 CST</pubDate>
					<guid>http://www.noble.org/Tools/cowcalf.html</guid>
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