Jodie, AFES direct, sits on a green tractor wearing a dark blue sweatshirt, brown pants, and orange ear protection. She is smiling

2025 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Research Field Days

Dates coming soon

 

2024 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Research Field Days

Thank you to everyone who came out for our 2024 Field Days! .

Field Days is an opportunity for the public to join ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ researchers for a day of learning at our experiment farms! Tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions about how we are working to improve the lives of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñns.

Farmers, community leaders and the general public are invited to this free educational event. Each field day will include a schedule of talks presented by researchers. 

Fields of different varieties of barley on a cloudy day

 

Fairbanks Experiment Farm

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

2 p.m.-6 p.m.

2180 W Tanana Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775
Aerial view of the Fairbanks Experimental Farm with ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ campus and hills behind it

Topics include

Vegetable variety trials 

Grain & oilseed variety trials

Cover crops & soil health

Small grains breeding program & nursery

Invasive species management & herbicide use

Greenhouse plant production

Botanical garden tours

Animal nutrition workshop

 

See the schedule and read more about each topic here

Matanuska Experiment Farm

Thursday, August 1, 2024

9 a.m.-3 p.m.

1509 S Georgeson Drive, Palmer AK 99645
Aerial view of the Matanuska Farm on a sunny day with a snow capped mountain in the distance

Topics include

Grain & oilseed variety trials

Cover crops & soil health

Invasive species management & herbicide use

Hazelnut trials

Peony fertilization

Community garden tours

Biochar soil application trials

 

 
See the schedule and read more about each topic here