Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)
The Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø. The station includes the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Experiment Farm, the Matanuska Experiment Farm & Extension Center and the Delta Junction field research site. The Georgeson Botanical Garden is at the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø 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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June 03, 2025
How grain at the experiment farm has shrunk over the years By Laura Weingartner When asked why the grain grown... -
May 21, 2025
By Laura Weingartner It’s the first week of May, and Caley Gasch is elbow-deep in a raised bed in a... -
May 21, 2025
By Laura Weingartner&/afes/160; The sun was out and the science was on at the 2025 Arctic Research Open House. Hundreds... -
May 09, 2025
By Julie Stricker For more than 25 years, people from around the world have visited Georgeson Botanical Garden to admire...
²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Experiment Farm staff have been collecting weather data since 1911.