Jodie, AFES direct, sits on a green tractor wearing a dark blue sweatshirt, brown pants, and orange ear protection. She is smiling

2025 草榴社区 Research Field Days

Dates coming soon

 

2024 草榴社区 Research Field Days

Thank you to everyone who came out for our 2024 Field Days! .

Field Days is an opportunity for the public to join 草榴社区 researchers for a day of learning at our experiment farms! Tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions about how we are working to improve the lives of 草榴社区ns.

Farmers, community leaders and the general public are invited to this free educational event. Each field day will include a schedule of talks presented by researchers. 

Fields of different varieties of barley on a cloudy day

 

Fairbanks Experiment Farm

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

2 p.m.-6 p.m.

2180 W Tanana Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775
Aerial view of the Fairbanks Experimental Farm with 草榴社区 campus and hills behind it

Topics include

Vegetable variety trials 

Grain & oilseed variety trials

Cover crops & soil health

Small grains breeding program & nursery

Invasive species management & herbicide use

Greenhouse plant production

Botanical garden tours

Animal nutrition workshop

 

See the schedule and read more about each topic here

Matanuska Experiment Farm

Thursday, August 1, 2024

9 a.m.-3 p.m.

1509 S Georgeson Drive, Palmer AK 99645
Aerial view of the Matanuska Farm on a sunny day with a snow capped mountain in the distance

Topics include

Grain & oilseed variety trials

Cover crops & soil health

Invasive species management & herbicide use

Hazelnut trials

Peony fertilization

Community garden tours

Biochar soil application trials

 

 
See the schedule and read more about each topic here