Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station

Today the station is administered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks through the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences.

Animal and poultry management was also important in early research, with studies on sheep, yaks, cattle, dairy cows, and swine over the years.

Modern animal husbandry study at AFES is focused on reindeer and muskoxen, with some research on fisheries.

The Hatch Act of 1887 authorized agricultural experiment stations in the U.S. and its territories to provide science-based research information to farmers.

In 1931 the federal government transferred ownership of all experiment station facilities to the College of Agriculture and Mines in Fairbanks.