Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)
The Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ. 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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November 20, 2024
The Binkley Room at Pike’s Waterfront Lodge was abuzz with energy on Friday morning, Nov. 15, as farmers, researchers, agricultural... -
November 08, 2024
The evaluation of any new agronomic crop species or variety that might be suitable for production in the Alaska environment... -
November 07, 2024
Long horned beetles, Pachyta lamed liturata, are handsome and about 1/2-3/4 of an inch long, which is fairly large. They... -
November 05, 2024
These short-statured sunflowers are tailor-made for Alaska summers. The Midnight Sun-flowers are a hybrid that has been developing and growing...
Fairbanks Experiment Farm staff have been collecting weather data since 1911.