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.
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August 22, 2025
By Laura Weingartner The Georgeson Botanical Garden in Fairbanks is home to a collection of over 80 varieties of currants.... -
July 09, 2025
By Laura Weingartner Magdi Elsayed has been recognized as a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer by the World Food Prize Foundation.... -
June 25, 2025
By Laura Weingartner&/afes/160; Budding chefs got a taste of science this June. With tomatoes grown as part of an experiment... -
June 03, 2025
How grain at the experiment farm has shrunk over the years By Laura Weingartner When asked why the grain grown...
Fairbanks Experiment Farm staff have been collecting weather data since 1911.