Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)
The Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The station includes the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, the Matanuska Experiment Farm & Extension Center and the Delta Junction field research site. The Georgeson Botanical Garden is at the Fairbanks farm.
Researchers associated with the experiment station focus on creating knowledge and solving problems in agriculture, natural resources and the forest sciences. State and federal agencies, private industry, and the university sponsor and fund AFES research. Here are summaries of their current research in agriculture and horticulture, forestry, ecosystem management and climate change, energy, animal management and meat production, human impacts on the environment, and youth and families.
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Livestock Nutritionist Candidate Presentation set for Monday, May 20, 2024 at 6:30pm
May 15, 2024
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Update on Permafrost Grown project
May 03, 2024
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Barley harvest shows promise for summer trials
March 22, 2024
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Sapmi Boazu — A visit to the Sami Reindeer Husbandry Range of Finland
November 29, 2023
Fairbanks Experiment Farm staff have been collecting weather data since 1911.