òòò½´«Ã½ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)
The òòò½´«Ã½ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the University of òòò½´«Ã½ 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.
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December 24, 2024
Keen observers might have noticed that the orange glow from a University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks greenhouse recently shifted to pink.... -
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 òòò½´«Ã½.... -
December 10, 2024
Today, I’d like to talk about the Delicate Silver Y moth, Autographa pseudogamma. This medium sized moth is in the...
Fairbanks Experiment Farm staff have been collecting weather data since 1911.