Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)
The Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the University of Alaska 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.
Research into rhodiola's potential as Alaska crop continues
May 25, 2023
When is green-up? It's going to be late this year, and so is the birch sap run
April 28, 2023
AGU 2022: Tolerating distress and regulating emotions in research work
December 16, 2022
AGU 2022: Consequences of shrub expansion in the boreal forest
December 16, 2022
AGU 2022: Boreal tree adaptation to seasonal drought conditions
December 14, 2022
Falling into autumn: Pretty reds can mean pretty dry and warm
September 19, 2022
Fairbanks Experiment Farm staff have been collecting weather data since 1911.