Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)

The Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø.  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.

 

News
  • Update on Permafrost Grown project

    May 03, 2024


  • Barley harvest shows promise for summer trials

    March 22, 2024


  • Sapmi Boazu — A visit to the Sami Reindeer Husbandry Range of Finland

    November 29, 2023


  • Agrivoltaics debut at the 2023 Food and Farm Festival

    November 17, 2023


 

Barn at the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø experimental farm.

Fairbanks Experiment Farm staff have been collecting weather data since 1911.