Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center (SIPAC)
Size and Topography
- The second-largest PAC, with 1,320 acres in Dubois County near the Patoka Reservoir
- Rolling ground (hilly), shallow soils, natural hard pan, not well drained, rocky outcroppings
- Difficult-to-manage sandstone and shale soils typical of southern Indiana
- Roughly 530 acres of open pastureland and 630 acres of managed woodlands
Heritage
Contact Us
Jon Leuck
Director, Purdue Agricultural Centers and Project Coordinator
615 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: (765) 494-8368
Email: leuckj@purdue.edu
Jason Tower
Superintendent, Southern Indiana-Purdue Agricultural Center
11371 East Purdue Farm Road
Dubois, IN 47527
Phone: (812) 678-4427
Email: towerj@purdue.edu
Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Grant N. Burcham, DVM, PhD, Diplomat ACVP
Southern Indiana-Purdue Agricultural Center
11371 East Purdue Farm Road
Dubois, IN 47527
Phone: (812) 678-3401
Email: gburcham@purdue.edu
Ron Rathfon
Extension Forester, Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources
Southern Indiana-Purdue Agricultural Center
11371 East Purdue Farm Road
Dubois, IN 47527
Phone: (812) 678-5049
Email: ronr@purdue.edu
Resources
- Conference space for 200 with high-speed Internet, kitchen facilities
- Beef herd (170), goat herd (50 females) and hair sheep (100 females)
- Different varieties of permanent pasture
- Fence and water systems for rotational grazing
- Barns and traditional feedlot
- Dennis H. Heeke Southern Indiana Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, which serves the poultry and livestock industries in southern Indiana
- Approximately 20 built ponds for erosion control and livestock
- Extension forester based at SIPAC
- Approximately 600 acres of timber is in research protocols
current Research
SIPAC is a forage-based operation. Current research focuses on beef cattle, hair sheep and meat goat management, livestock grazing trials, forage production, forest management, and aquaculture.
Purdue Agriculture departments currently conducting research at SIPAC include Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Entomology, Animal Sciences, Forestry and Natural Resources
- 2022 Research Projects (PDF)
- 2021 Research Projects (PDF)
- 2020 Research Projects (PDF)
Learn More About PAC's
- 2018 Japanese Stiltgrass Management (PDF)
- 2014 Using Corn Stover and Dried Distillers Grains with Soluble's
- 2014 HWP7 Step UP Program Feeding JAM (PDF)
- 2014 Long Range Grazing Heifer Study (PDF)
- 2013 Prescribed Grazing and Fire for Oak (PDF)
- 2012 Stockpile Abstract (PDF)
- 2012 DDGS Meta Analysis Abstract (PDF)
- 2012 2x CIDR Abstract (PDF)
- 2012 D Prescribed Grazing for NNIP Control (PDF)
- 2012 Archives Invasive Brush Control (PDF)
- 2011 PFP Invasive Brush Control (PDF)
- 2010 Garlic Mustard Management (PDF)
- 2009 5d CIDR-No CIDR National Abstract (PDF)
- 2009 American Chestnut (PDF)
- 2006 P Invasive Brush Control (PDF)
- September 7, 2022 | Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center - IBCA Field Day - Flyer
- September 10, 2022 | Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center - Invasive Pland Control Training for Landowners - Flyer (PDF)
- September 17, 2022 | Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center - Pond Management Field Day - Flyer
- October 8, 2022 | Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center - Fencing School - Flyer
- For more information contact Jason Tower at 812-678-4427 towerj@purdue.edu
Appearance of Field Before Goats Began Grazing
Goats Being Moved to the New Patch for Grazing
Appearance of Field After Goats Had Been Grazing for 10 Days
WJTS TV Station Takes a Tour with SIPAC Superintendent Jason Tower
Pictures from SIPAC
Cows Grazing on Turnips
Dairy Heifers
Lake View
Sleeping Kids
Cows in the Fog
Snow - March 2013

- DPAC - Davis-Purdue agricultural Center
- FPAC - Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center
- NEPAC - Northeast-Purdue Agricultural Center
- PPAC - Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center
- SEPAC - Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center
- SIPAC - Southern Indiana-Purdue Agricultural Center
- SWPAC - Southwest-Purdue Agricultural Center
- TPAC - Throckmorton-Purdue Agricultural Center
Jon Leuck
Director, Purdue Agricultural Centers and Project Coordinator
615 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: 765-494-8368
Email: leuckj@purdue.edu
Jeff Boyer
Davis-Purdue Agricultural Center (DPAC)
6230 North State Road 1
Farmland, IN 47340-9340
Phone: 765-468-7022
Fax: 765-468-8125
Email: jboyer@purdue.edu
Brad Shelton
Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center (FPAC)
1117 State Road 458
Bedford, IN 47421
Phone: 812-279-8554
Email: sheltonb@purdue.edu
Stephen Boyer
Northeast-Purdue Agricultural Center (NEPAC)
4821 East 400 South
Columbia City, IN 46725
Phone: 260-244-7290 (Also Fax)
Email: sboyer@purdue.edu
Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center (PPAC)
11402 South County Line Road
Wanatah, IN 46390
Phone: 219-733-2379
Email:
Joel Wahlman
Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center (SEPAC)
4425 East 350 North
Butlerville, IN 47223
Phone: 812-458-6977
Email: jwahlman@purdue.edu
Jason Tower
Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center (SIPAC)
11371 East Purdue Farm Road
Dubois, IN 47527
Phone: 812-678-4427
Fax: 812-678-3412
Email: towerj@purdue.edu
Dennis Nowaskie
Southwest-Purdue Agricultural Center (SWPAC)
4669 North Purdue Road
Vincennes, IN 47591
Phone: 812-886-9661
Email: nowaskie@purdue.edu
Jay Young
Throckmorton Purdue Agricultural Center (TPAC)
8343 South US 231
Lafayette, IN 47909-9049
Phone: 765-538-3422
Email: jayyoung@purdue.edu
PAC Events
PAC Events

Field Days. The Purdue Agricultural Centers (PACS) will be offering public field days, workshops, and other events in 2022. These events provide educational opportunities for commodity producers, crop/livestock advisers, and others seeking...
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