Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)
The Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. 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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December 12, 2024
Four researchers from the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension are presenting their research posters this week at the... -
December 10, 2024
The purple blooms and green vines of bird vetch often come to mind when someone mentions invasive plants in Alaska.... -
December 10, 2024
Today, I’d like to talk about the Delicate Silver Y moth, Autographa pseudogamma. This medium sized moth is in the... -
November 23, 2024
The week of Nov. 11 was the Alaska Invasive Species Partnership meeting as well as the Farm Bureau and Sustainable...
Fairbanks Experiment Farm staff have been collecting ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø data since 1911.