| Pinney
- Purdue Ag Center
William
E. Pinney and his daughter Myra F.P. Clark donated the land on
which the Pinney Purdue Agricultural Center (PPAC) is located
to Purdue University and the people of Indiana in 1919. It serves
as an excellent example of the transitional soils and lake effect
climate of northwest Indiana . PPAC is located on the county line
between Indiana 's Porter and LaPorte counties. Research work
focuses on both agronomic and vegetable crops. PPAC works with
22 researchers on 42 experiments or studies conducted at the agricultural
center. Along with the superintendent and 2 technicians a Horticulture
Extension Specialist is staffed at Pinney.
Today,
researchers at DPAC from Purdue's Departments of Agronomy, Agricultural
and Biological Engineering, Botany and Plant Pathology, Entomology,
and Horticulture and Landscape Architecture focus on:
Research
Highlights
- Soybean
Aphid Research
- Asian
Soybean Rust Scouting
- Agronomy
Tillage Studies
- Corn
Fertility Research
- Corn
Population, Spacing, and Emergence
- Variety
Trials:
Canola
Oats
Sorghum
Corn
Hybrids
Soybean
Varieties
Wheat
- Insect
and Disease Controls
- Cultivation
of Herbicides
- Wheat
Diseases
- Woodland
and Timber Management
- Wetland
Management
- Soybean
Fungicide, Insecticide, and Population Options
- Vegetable
Variety Trials and Management
- RC&D
Community Garden
- Hands
on Diagnostic Training
Facilities
Include
- 673
acres of loam, sand, and muck soils
- Linear
Irrigation: Sand and Loam soils
- Meeting
room: complete with TV, VCR, IHETS, IP Video, and kitchenette
- 48'
x 24'Greenhouse
- Grain
drying and storage bin system
- Modern
agricultural farm machinery
- 10
acres of wetlands in the Conservation Reserve Program
- Timber/Woodland
management
- Machinery
Storage
- Farm
shop
- Plant
dryer
- Vegetable
cooler
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