On Sept. 19, 2019, a ribbon-cutting was held for the Grain and Forage Center of Excellence at the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center at Princeton. 

Pictured at the event, from left, are: Representative Richard Heath; Senator Paul Hornback and farmer from Shelby County; Ray Allan Mackey, a farmer from Hardin County and President of the Kentucky Corn Promotion Council; Dr. Chad Lee, Director of the Grain and Forage Center of Excellence; Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles; Nancy Cox, Dean, UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment; Warren Beeler, Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Agriculture Policy; and UK President Eli Capilouto.