Feldun Purdue Agricultural Center (FPAC)
Feldun Purdue Agricultural Center is located in the Mitchell Plain natural region in Lawrence County. Originally, Moses Fell Dunn, a highly regarded lawyer and a member of state legislature, gave 520 acres to Purdue University in 1914 to develop Indiana’s first “experiment station” outside of Tippecanoe County. Since then, Indiana Beef Evaluation Program’s Bull Test Station was started in 1976 and was moved to FPAC in 1989. FPAC now spans roughly 900 acres, with about 240 acres in forested land.
Property Statistics
- Acreage: 882 total, 234 forested
- Acquired: 1950s
PAC Information
More About Feldun Purdue Agricultural Center
- Native songbird population research -- 2023
- Old limestone quarry present onsite
- Fragipan soils throughout property
- Mature woods with long database history back to 1950s
Please contact the property manager for a copy of this property’s management plan.
Superintendent:
Brad Shelton
Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center (FPAC)
1117 State Road 458
Bedford, IN 47421
Phone: (812) 279-8554
Email: sheltonb@purdue.edu
Property Manager:
Don Carlson
Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center (SEPAC)
4425 East 350 North
Butlerville, IN 47223
Cell: 812.798.2764
Email:carlsode@purdue.edu
2014 harvest load at Feldun PAC. A knuckle boom is moving logs onto a semi-truck. Photo by Don Carlson. 
Opening created for sunlight to reach forest floor to establish natural oak regeneration in 2002. Photo by Don Carlson. 