ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)

The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ 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.

 

Blog

  • November 22, 2024

    Satellite image of the Yukon River Delta, showing vibrant yellows and reds that highlight land features and bright blues and greens that highlight water featuresThree researchers who study the boreal forest at the Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station find ways to use science to...

  • November 20, 2024

    A large black cow with a white face and one white sock eats green cabbage leaves out of a tub while various other leaves fall out of it&/afes/039;s mouthThe Binkley Room at Pike’s Waterfront Lodge was abuzz with energy on Friday morning, Nov. 15, as farmers, researchers, agricultural...

  • November 08, 2024

    Photograph of a man wearing a white mask riding a blue grain harvesting machine. He is in a field of golden grains with trees and cloudy sky in the background. Below the picture, the text reads: Harvest- Ripe Growth StageThe evaluation of any new agronomic crop species or variety that might be suitable for production in the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ environment...

  • November 07, 2024

    Photograph looking down on a long horned beetle, Pachyta lamed liturata. The bug has a tan and brown back with 6 long black legs. Grey and white wood is the background.Long horned beetles, Pachyta lamed liturata, are handsome and about 1/2-3/4 of an inch long, which is fairly large. They...

 

Barn at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ experimental farm.

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