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UI: No Groundbreaking on New Feed Mill

Fundraising is still underway; no timeline has been set

November 30, 2020

The University of Illinois won't be breaking ground on a new feed mill this weekend in Champaign, IL, after all, reports The News-Gazette.

Earlier this year, developer Peter Fox informed the UI Research Park Board that the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences was planning to begin construction Sept. 8.

But that was news to the College of ACES. A week later, Dean Kim Kidwell said fundraising was still underway and no timeline had been set.

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