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Southern Indiana-Purdue Agricultural Center
(SIPAC)
At SIPAC in Dubois County, researchers serve needs
of farmers who work the sandstone-shale soils
of the area. SIPAC researchers have a history
of intense research in production and utilization
of forages and agronomic crops, management of
beef and dairy cattle, and catfish production.
Current research concentrates on beef cattle management,
grazing trials, forage and crop production, and
forest management.
The Southern Indiana Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
located here serves the poultry and livestock
industry in this part of the state.
The original 1136 acres of the farm was bought
by farmers and businessmen in 40 southern Indiana
counties and presented to the Agricultural Experiment
Station (now the Office of Agricultural Research
Programs) in 1952. Today SIPAC is the largest
of Purdue's outlying research centers.
Fall calving, intensive rotational grazing, and
brown midrib sorghum-sudan grass are tools being
explored at SIPAC to enhance area cattle producer's
competitiveness.
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