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	<title>Loudoun Soil &#38; Water Conservation District</title>
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	<description>We work with the people who work the land</description>
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		<title>Incentive Payment for Fence Maintenance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Through the VA Ag BMP Cost-Share Program, the Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District can offer an incentive payment for fence maintenance on fencing that protects streams and water bodies. The cost share rate is $1.00 per linear foot of stream bank protected. Click on the Agriculture tab, then CCI-SE-1 (Stream Exclusion) to read the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounsoilandwater.com/2012/01/incentive-payment-for-fence-maintenance/</link>
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		<title>Stream Fencing Improves Herd Health, Productivity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fences makes more than good neighbors.  With help from their local Soil and Water Conservation District, Virginia farmers are discovering that fencing the streams on their property makes for healthier, moer profitable cattle&#8211;as well as cleaner local waterways.  Excluding livestock from streams helps keep their banks from eroding and decreases the amount of sediment that they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounsoilandwater.com/2012/01/stream-fencing-improves-herd-health-productivity/</link>
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		<title>2012 Agricultural BMP Cost-Share Program Accepting Sign-Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 program year for the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost Share Program began on July 1st.  Money is available for landowners wishing to put conservation in action on their farms.   The sign-up period for cover crops and grassland conversion practices runs until October 1st.   Sign-up for the streamside fencing and water system practices, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounsoilandwater.com/2011/09/2012-agricultural-bmp-cost-share-program-accepting-sign-up/</link>
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		<title>LSWCD is here to help with your Conservation Farm Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to build a barn, enter into open space or agricultural land use taxation, or just want to get some ideas managing your farm, LSWCD has a new revised Conservation Farm Plan which is now more tailored to specific different types of farming operations in Loudoun.  Farm plans are required by Loudoun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounsoilandwater.com/2010/07/lswcd-is-here-to-help-with-your-conservation-farm-plan/</link>
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		<title>2012 Tree Seedling Sale-Now Accepting Orders!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District is now accepting orders for our annual tree seedling sale. The young, bare-rooted seedlings are well suited to Virginia soils and climate. Tree species available this year include Norway Spruce, White Dogwood, Redbud, Blackgum, River Birch, White oak, Shellbark Hickory, and Bald Cypress. The shrub species this year is Elderberry. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounsoilandwater.com/2010/01/2011-tree-seedling-sale-now-accepting-orders/</link>
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