Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated this week in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $65.9 million research facility, known as the Forage-Animal Production Research Unit (FAPRU), on the University of Kentucky campus. The ceremony was hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (UK-CAFE), which will house the new facility.
“Agricultural research bolsters economic growth and enhances food quality and safety all while combatting the climate crisis,” said…