Northeast Purdue Agricultural Center (NEPAC)
The Northeast Purdue Agricultural Center (NEPAC) is located in the Northern Lakes natural region in Whitley County. This is the newest Purdue Agricultural Center, previously gifted by Denzil Schrader, in 1989, Merle Kyler, and bought from the Harvey Lawrence estate. The property is mainly flat, crop land with some rolling topography located in the roughly 30 acres worth of forested land on Purdue land.
Property Statistics
- Acres: 440 total, 34 forested
- Acquired: 1991
PAC Information
More About Northeast Purdue Ag Center
- Yield rates for corn and soybeans
- Insect impacts on crops
- Cover crop research
- Tillable acreage about 360
- Rolling and level topography typical of northeaster IN
- Soils are Morley-Glynwood and the Morley-Rawson Associations, which consist of loam, sandy loam, and clay loam soils
Please contact the property manager for a copy of this property’s management plan.
Superintendent:
Chris Lake
Northeast-Purdue Agricultural Center (NEPAC)
4821 East 400 South
Columbia City, IN 46725
Phone: (260) 244-7290 (Also Fax)
Email: cclake@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




