One of the guest speakers at Tuesday's groundbreaking at the University of Kentucky’s Forage-Animal Production Research Unit was a man credited with supporting the project with federal dollars. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was praised by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and UK brass for bringing home nearly 66 million dollars for the livestock and equine-focused facility. McConnell said UK has been an agriculture research leader for more than a century.
“So when I heard the College of Agriculture was exploring a project to modernize its research facility, I was immediately on board and glad to help.”
