Units and Initiatives

The Research Office/Experiment Station has research oversight of numerous units and initiatives associated with the College of Agriculture.  As part of a land-grant institution, the College of Agriculture is responsible for developing a structure and organization to provide land-grant services in agriculture and related areas.

Units affiliated with the Research Office/Experiment Station are:

• The Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center

• Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center

• Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center

• Division of Regulatory Services

• Research and Education Center at Princeton

• Robinson Forest

• Robinson Station

• Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment

Initiatives associated with the Research Office/Experiment Station are:

• Equine Initiative

• Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Working Group (under construction)
     Contact:  Bob Perry, Project Manager 
     102 Erikson Hall
     University of Kentucky
     Lexington, KY  40546-0050
     Bob.Perry@uky.edu
     Phone:  859-797-1163 (cell)
                   859-257-1692 (office)

• New Crop Opportunities Center
• Precision Agriculture
• Superfund Basic Research Program