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We will build again at Princeton. Our commitment to western Kentucky and the entire region remains. The Category EF-4 tornado on December 10, 2021 damaged 49 of the 59 structures at the Research and Education Center.

The partnership taking root between the Kentucky Corn Growers Association and the producers of Yellow Banks bourbon, who source their corn from local growers and donate a portion of their profits to support corn research.

Across Kentucky, we have seen the rapid expansion in of the staple spirit of Kentucky, bourbon, resulting in increased production capacity and new distilleries entering the market. This expansion provides opportunities for corn producers to supply this market and provide distilleries with locally sourced inputs.

Research conducted by the University of Kentucky Grain Science Group and supported by Kentucky Corn.

Scientists in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment engage with an extensive network of producers in all disciplines. The partnerships do not form overnight but over the course of numerous meetings, developing personal relationships and building mutual trust and respect.

KY Corn is proud to announce a new collaboration with the Green River Distilling Company in Owensboro on a new bourbon offering that is designed to put a portion of profits back into the corn industry for corn production and sustainability research.

A University of Kentucky research project that could have significant impacts for Kentucky grain producers with irrigated acres is beginning on a Western Kentucky farm. Ole Wendroth, soil physicist in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, is leading a study examining the effects of a variable rate irrigation system that, to his knowledge, is the first-of-its-kind in the state.

Early planted corn in no-tilled fields and limited drainage typically have the greatest chance of response from starter fertilizers.

Happy Fall, my fellow farmers! Despite the lack of rain in much of the state, the last two weeks have brought us much to celebrate, particularly the opening of the Grain and Forage Center of Excellence and the U.S. – Japan Trade Agreement.  

University of Kentucky researchers, Kentucky farmers and stakeholders celebrated the official opening of UK’s Grain and Forage Center of Excellence, a facility committed to moving the state’s and surrounding region’s agricultural community forward.

Several hundred growers were in attendance for the UK Corn, Soybean, and Tobacco Field Day held July 23, at the Research and Education Center in Princeton.