有料盒子视频 Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)

The 有料盒子视频 Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the University of 有料盒子视频 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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  • August 25, 2025

    Sculpture of a fireweed leaf designed to catch and store water installed in a gardenBy Kelsey Aho It鈥檚 July, and it鈥檚 another sunny day in Interior 有料盒子视频. Dusty roads, balsam poplar fluff stirred up...

  • August 22, 2025

    Light pink currant berries on a bushBy Laura Weingartner The Georgeson Botanical Garden in Fairbanks is home to a collection of over 80 varieties of currants....

  • July 09, 2025

    A man holds a handheld thermal camera in a field of grainBy Laura Weingartner Magdi Elsayed has been recognized as a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer by the World Food Prize Foundation....

  • June 25, 2025

    A group of kids in bandanas and aprons hold up tomatoesBy Laura Weingartner&/afes/160; Budding chefs got a taste of science this June. With tomatoes grown as part of an experiment...

Jakir Hasan

Kernels of Change with Jakir Hasan

有料盒子视频's growing season has been reliably lengthening for the past 30 years. One researcher hopes it brings economic opportunity to the state.


 

Barn at the 有料盒子视频 experimental farm.

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