NH Agricultural Experiment Station
UNH Research Takes Center Stage on NH Agriculture Radio Show
Did you know you can make syrup from sycamore trees? And that seedless table grapes grown locally taste nothing like what you get at the grocery store? How about that wet brewers grains are a sustainable, cost-effective alternative for heifer feed? And did you know that researchers with the NH... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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04/29/21Salt Found to Preserve Shelf Life of Alternate, Low-Cost Feed for Dairy Heifers
In the past decade, the number of New Hampshire craft brewers has increased from 15 to 93. What happens to all of that grain when the brewing process... -
04/12/21Learn About the Best Varieties of Seedless Table Grapes to Grow in NH
Experiment station scientists Becky Sideman and Marta Lima will present their findings of which varieties of seedless table grapes grow well in New... -
04/05/21Q&A: Specialty Syrups
Scientists with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture recently presented preliminary... -
03/31/21Randomness, not Environmental Selection, Key to Altering Bacteria in Arctic
In the Northeast, heat waves, heavy downpours, and sea level rise pose growing challenges. Infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries, and ecosystems...
Recent Stories
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03/17/20 - Access Restricted to NH Agricultural Experiment Station FacilitiesFor safety reasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, access to our NHAES farms and greenhouses has been temporarily restricted to employees and essential research staff only. Read More -
03/16/20 - UNH to Conduct First Cold-Hardy Hydrangea Study to Help Regional Cut Flower and Landscape IndustryNew Hampshire has seen a dramatic increase in cut flower farms, underscoring the need for reliable research to support the state’s flower industry. To that end, University of New... Read More -
03/10/20 - “I didn’t even know this kind of job existed”I GREW UP ON A FARM that was in my family for six or seven generations. My mom still runs it with my sister. Both my parents farmed; I’ve been exposed to plants and animals since... Read More -
03/10/20 - Green Plate SpecialAt UNH, SEAWEED has made itself useful as everything from a healthy platform for raising mussels and trout to a salty-sweet ingredient in a university-brewed beer. Now, it turns... Read More -
03/09/20 - Rotating Crops Over Time Boosts Corn Yields, Even in DroughtsRotating crops over time increases the yield of corn, even during unfavorable weather conditions such as droughts, according to new research findings from the NH Agricultural... Read More -
03/02/20 - UNH, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation Help Relaunch Cooperative Providing Essential Research FundingFollowing a three-year hiatus, the Northern States Research Cooperative has been revitalized, thanks to $2 million in funding for the 2020 fiscal year from the U.S. Forest Service... Read More -
02/25/20 - Construction Cancels Greenhouse Open HouseThe 2020 UNH open house at the Macfarlane Research Greenhouse formerly scheduled for Saturday, March 28, has been cancelled. Read More -
02/24/20 - Fungi Feud: State-of-the-Science Paper Resolves Mycorrhizae ControversySerita Frey, UNH professor of natural resources and the environment and researcher with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, recently authored a state-of-the-science... Read More -
02/17/20 - Non-Picky Eaters Effective at Spreading SporesSmall mammals such as mice and chipmunks who are not picky eaters play a more important role than previously known in dispersing the spores of wild mushrooms and truffles,... Read More -
02/17/20 - Mice and Mushrooms: Non-Picky Eaters More Effective at Spreading Spores than Previously ThoughtSmall mammals such as mice and chipmunks who are not picky eaters play a more important role than previously known in dispersing the spores of wild mushrooms and truffles,... Read More