Corn research is an ongoing summertime project at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm.
Dr. Milan Shipka (below), department chair, said most people did not understand what PASS meant or what activities and research were included in the disciplines contained in the department. “With the concept of global climate change looming large in Alaska, it is most appropriate to have the word agriculture in a department name at UAF,” Shipka said. “Our faculty members are the primary force of agriculture at UAF.”
After the PASS faculty voted in September for the name change, it was approved by SNRAS Dean Carol Lewis, Provost Susan Henrichs, Interim Chancellor Brian Rogers, and President Mark Hamilton. The new name became official Dec. 2, 2008.
High Latitude Agriculture provides statewide education, research and outreach in agriculture, soils, revegetation, and bioremediation through UAF at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, Georgeson Botanical Garden, the Palmer Research and Extension Center, the Matanuska Experiment Farm, the Delta Junction Field Research Site, Nome, the Seward Peninsula, and other locations across the state. The Department of High Latitude Agriculture faculty provide instruction in Fairbanks and Palmer, as well as through the Bristol Bay Campus, for undergraduate and graduate degrees in Natural Resources Management with an emphasis on concepts based on agricultural sciences. Non-credit short courses are also offered through the Georgeson Botanical Garden.
Examples of High Latitude Agriculture research include:
For more information about the department, visit the High Latitude Agriculture web page.
- reindeer research at Nome and Fairbanks
- reproductive performance in domestic ruminants
- the role of light in high latitude crop production
- controlled environment plant growth
- cultivar selection of vegetables in Alaska
- potato disease
- management practices for forage and turf grass
- peony cultivation and marketing
- arctic and subarctic soils.
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