Three years since the tornado: UK research center rebuilds stronger, reaffirms role in Kentucky’s agricultural industry
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By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky On Dec. 11, 2021, an EF-4 tornado devastated western Kentucky. Among the destruction, mere remnants of the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center at Princeton (UKREC) facility were left behind. Decades of infrastructure and millions of dollars in equipment were destroyed overnight, reducing one of the state’s key agricultural assets to […]