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		<title><![CDATA[Intrepid Potash Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions. Your first question is from the line of Vincent Andrews with Morgan Stanley. Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley In regards to the discussion about reducing application rates, and so forth, do you have any data or any benchmark or rule of thumb that you're...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:59:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ghezielle sees doping ban extended]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; French middle distance runner Bouchra Ghezielle on Monday saw the French athletics federation FFA increase a doping ban by six months to four years after she appealed the original judgment on a positive doping test, her lawyer Stephane Mesones said.  Ghezielle, the 29-year-old bronze medal winner...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Martian soil good enough for asparagus: NASA]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; Martian dirt is apparently good enough for asparagus to grow in, NASA scientists said Thursday, as they announced the results of a soil analysis collected by the US Phoenix Mars lander.  "There is nothing about the soil that would preclude life. In fact it seems very...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Orleans neighbors overcome tainted soil to rebuild]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Lorraine Tyler was deciding whether to rebuild her eastern New Orleans home after Hurricane Katrina, the list of reasons to leave the city for good began in her front yard.   Seven feet of water swamped her home on Little John Drive near Eastover, and the 59-year-old retiree...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mars probe Phoenix digs up first sample of Martian soil]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; Nearly two weeks after its historic landing, the US Mars probe Phoenix has scooped up its first sample of Martian soil and begun analyzing it for water and organic compounds, a NASA official said.  The 200-milliliter (12 cubic inches) of Martian earth is topped by a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Strange leads Wales Open, Harrington misses cut]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, Wales AFP &#8212; Little-known Australian Scott Strange shot a 66 to lead the EPGA Wales Open following Friday's second round though British Open champion Padraig Harrington crashed out at Celtic Manor.  The 31-year-old from Perth ranked just 164th in the world notched superb rounds of 63 and 66...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mars probe Phoenix flexes robotic arm]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; NASA's Phoenix Mars lander flexed its robotic arm Thursday in a successful test of the key element in the probe's mission to investigate the Red Planet's soil for conditions conducive to life, NASA said.  "The arm is ready to go," said Matt Robinson of the US...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investigation of Soil Conditioning Index values for Southern High Plains agroecosystems.(Report)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As new questions and concerns arise about our ability to sustain  our limited land and water resources, the importance of adequate  assessment tools for evaluating the effects of land management practices  on soil, air, and water resources grows. The USDA Natural Resources  Conservation Service NRCS has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Extreme viticulture: how Northeast growers farm vinifera organically and sustainably]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Shinn is fired up. In 1998 she and her husband, David Page, bought the parcel of land in Mattituck, Long Island, that would become the critically acclaimed Shinn Estate Vineyards, and immediately began preparing the soil for an experiment in high-intensity viticulture.  "Our goal was to make an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scaling from field to region for wind erosion prediction using the Wind Erosion Prediction System and geographical information systems.(APPLIED RESEARCH)(Report)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soil wind erosion and windblown dust have long been a major concern  within the Columbia Plateau of the Pacific Northwest. Wind removes the  fertile topsoil, thereby degrading soil quality and reducing  agricultural sustainability. Sharratt et al. (2006), for example,  estimated a loss of topsoil of 2,320...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mechanical thinning impacts on runoff, infiltration, and sediment yield following fuel reduction treatments in a southwestern dry mixed conifer forest.(Report)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasing tree densities experienced since the early 1900s  throughout forests in the western United States are associated with  numerous ecological problems (Dieterich 1983; Covington and Moore 1994a;  Covington and Moore 1994b; Kolb et al. 1994). These problems include,  but are not limited to conversion from high-frequency,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[No shortcutts in checking soil health]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3741/is_6_55/ai_n27301834]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Long-term experiments are a feature of many ARS research efforts. Whether in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, or Southeastern regions of the United States, these kinds of studies provide valuable insights and, occasionally, unexpected results.  A relatively new long-term experiment at Beltsville, Maryland, has shown that organic farming can build...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kenya calls for urgent action to save receding Lake Victoria]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI AFP &#8212; Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Monday called for urgent action to save Lake Victoria, the world's second largest fresh water lake which is facing decline in water levels due to human activities.  The lake, which provides livelihoods for some 30 million people in the shoreline countries...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Land use change and gully erosion in the Piedmont region of South Carolina.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6652/is_200705/ai_n26610089]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Land use change played an important role in the formation of gullies present today in the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States. Forested areas that were once cleared to cultivate cotton and consequently gullied are now, once again, covered with forest vegetation. Despite this forest cover, gullies are still considered...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prospects for enhanced groundwater recharge via infiltration of urban storm water runoff: a case study.(Case study)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6652/is_200705/ai_n26610090]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The rain garden is an urban storm water best management practice that is used to infiltrate runoff close to its source, thereby disconnecting impervious area while providing an avenue for groundwater recharge. Groundwater recharge may provide additional benefits to aquatic ecosystems via enhancement of stream base flow. Yet, soil conditions...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Potential impact of conservation tillage on conserving water resources in Georgia.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6652/is_200705/ai_n26610091]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Reduced tillage and surface residue increases infiltration, soil water content, and plant available water, while at the same time decreasing runoff and sedimentation. However, there is a general lack of knowledge and appreciation regarding the impact conservation tillage has on sustainable water resources. The objective of this study was to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The importance and challenge of modeling irrigation-induced erosion.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6652/is_200705/ai_n26610092]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Irrigation-induced erosion and rain-induced erosion result from very different systematics. Therefore, both cannot be predicted effectively using the same models. The average two-fold yield and three-fold economic advantage of irrigation over rain-fed agriculture, coupled with the fragility of irrigated land and the strategic importance of irrigation development to meet world...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unit source area data: can it make a difference in calibrating the hydrologic response for watershed-scale modeling?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6652/is_200705/ai_n26610093]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Watershed computer models such as the Soil and Water Assessment Tool SWAT contain parameters that describe watershed properties such as vegetative cover, soil characteristics, or landscape features. For investigations that involve changes in land cover or land management on agricultural lands, proper adjustment of these parameters is important not only...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China's farmland at risk from pollution]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200704/ai_n18793987]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING AFP &#8212; China's farmland is becoming increasingly polluted, with coal-dependent factories and polluted waterways causing billions of dollars in damages, state press reported Monday.  Heavy metals contaminate 12 million tonnes of grains each year, leading to direct losses of more than 20 billion yuan (2.6 billion dollars), the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Effectiveness of the soil conditioning index as a carbon management tool in the southeastern USA based on comparison with EPIC.(Erosion Productivity-Impact Calculator, Environmental Policy Integrated Climate)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6652/is_200703/ai_n26610050]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Models are being developed and utilized by scientists and government agencies to quantify the potential for carbon storage in soil. The Environmental Policy Integrated Climate EPIC v. 3060 model is a process-based model requiring detailed inputs. The soil conditioning index SCI is a simpler tool to predict relative change in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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