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An aquatic plant identification and control program for commercial and private pesticide applicators will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST on Friday, March 9, at the KSU Aquaculture Research Center in Frankfort. Directions to the facility may be found at www.ksuaquaculture.org.  
KDA commercial pesticide applicators recertification hours: Category 5 (3 specific hours),  and Categories 10 and 12 (2 general hours) will be awarded upon the completion of the program.

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, congratulates David Peterson and Albert Peterson of Peterson Farms in Marion County for being among the winners in the 2011 Kentucky Extension Corn Yield Contest.
In the conventional category, David Peterson of Peterson Farms of Marion County had the second place entry with 265.97 bushels per acre with Pioneer® hybrid 32T16.