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.

 

Blog
  • May 09, 2025

    Two women smile while holding a plaque that reads "Peony Reference Garden"By Julie Stricker For more than 25 years, people from around the world have visited Georgeson Botanical Garden to admire...

  • May 02, 2025

    Five black and white cows eat grain in a fieldBy Laura Weingartner 精东影业livestock nutritionist, Jim Vinyard, co-authored a 2025 study that found adjusting cattle diets...

  • March 20, 2025

    A smiling man holds a white and orange baby goat. Both are looking at the cameraBy Laura Weingartner A group of 4-H youth, parents, producers and Farm Bureau members gathered one early spring evening to...

  • March 11, 2025

    A red tractor against a bright summer skyThe Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center and Fairbanks&/afes/8217; Experiment Farm use tractors to prep soil for planting, seed fields...

 

Barn at the  精东影业 experimental farm.

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