Northeast Purdue Agricultural Center (NEPAC)

Forest trees and ground cover, Northeast Purdue Ag Center.

Northeast PAC is in the Northern Lakes natural region in Whitley County. It contains a total of 440 acres and 34 of it is forested.


Northeast Purdue Ag Center (NEPAC) aerial view.

Property Details

  • Three parcels totaling about 440 acres, including 360 tillable acres in Whitley County between Fort Wayne and Columbia City
  • Rolling and level topography typical of northeastern Indiana, unlike any other part of the state
  • Soils are the Morley-Glynwood and the Morley-Rawson Associations, which consist of loam, sandy loam, and clay loam soils

Purdue Agricultural Centers

Maps, Superintendent, Property Manager & MORE ABOUT OUR RESEARCH

Chris Lake
Superintendent, Northeast-Purdue Agricultural Center (NEPAC)
4821 East 400 South
Columbia City, IN 46725
Phone: (260) 244-7290 (Also Fax)
Email: cclake@purdue.edu

Don Carlson
Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center (SEPAC)
4425 East 350 North
Butlerville, IN 47223
Cell: 812.798.2764
Email:carlsode@purdue.edu

View our nine research areas along with our world-class faculty, Research Areas.

Purdue centers seek to support and enhance the research and partnership enterprise at Purdue University. The centers are valued and encouraged at Purdue as they create a venue for faculty to come together to pursue common goals. Forestry and Natural Resources have faculty and staff involved in six centers here at the University.

The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources maintains an impressive collection of state-of-the-art research and education facilities. These labs, green houses, and educational facilities are a fundamental component that enables our faculty and students to learn, make new discoveries, and engage our clients in using these discoveries to sustain our nation’s ecosystems and natural resources.​