NHAES News & Events

NHAES News & Events
A header image of growing greens in a large greenhouse

Since its establishment in 1887, the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) has pioneered innovative research, nurturing sustainable solutions for agricultural, food, and environmental challenges, enriching every corner of the Granite State. Through pioneering interdisciplinary initiatives and state-of-the-art facilities, NHAES remains dedicated to propelling positive change, empowering communities not only within New Hampshire but also beyond its borders. Below, you'll discover news and information about just some of the NHAES research that has had wide-ranging impacts on agriculture and food production; natural resources protection and conservation; and nutrition, health and wellness across the Granite State and throughout the Northeast.

  Search All NHAES Articles
  Sign up for NHAES News
  Discover Upcoming NHAES & COLSA Events
  • Anna O'Brien in the field
    Wednesday, May 01, 2024
    Faculty Spotlight: Anna O’Brien
    Assistant professor reflects on her love of plants and the outdoors, growing up in Washington state, and how she learned to love living somewhere other than the Pacific Northwest
    Anna O’Brien, assistant professor in the department of molecular, cellular, and biomedical sciences, joined the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture in March 2022, bringing her deeply inquisitive energy, commitment to work that benefits both the planet and its inhabitants, and love of bright colors to the college. Her research seeks to understand how microbiomes affect the ability of...
  • A hand mixes essential oils to be added to feed for dairy cows.
    Tuesday, April 23, 2024
    For Dairy, Focusing on the Essentials
    New research examines the effects of a plant-based feed additive on organic dairy cow methane emissions, as well as milk composition and quantity
    Key Research Finding Supplementing Agolin Naturu, a blend of essential oils in the diet of organic dairy cows improves feed efficiency and reduces methane, which is produced through belching following enteric fermentation (a digestive process that occurs in the rumen, or the largest compartment of the cow’s stomach). Agolin has the additional benefit of increasing the production of milk...
  • Bull moose feeding in a forest in central new Hampshire.
    Thursday, April 18, 2024
    Listening to Moose Tracks
    UNH research is developing non-invasive bioacoustic methods to track and characterize New Hampshire’s moose population
    Key Research Finding By analyzing online videos of moose vocalizations, researchers quantified moose calls and determined significant differences in calls by sex and age.  Key Terms Passive acoustic monitoring: The tracking and monitoring of animals and environments through recording sounds. Kloepper has previously used passive acoustic monitoring to estimate bat colony sizes and frog...
  • Two hands hold up several strands of whelk egg casings in the Coastal Marine Lab.
    Wednesday, April 17, 2024
    Out of This World Whelk Eggs
    UNH research examines the impact of rising water temperatures on channeled whelk reproduction
    At the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Marine Laboratory (CML), research associate professor Elizabeth Fairchild is investigating how the changing temperature of coastal marine waters off Massachusetts might be impacting the number of offspring produced by an aquatic species that’s part of one of the region’s most valuable – yet lesser known – fisheries: Channeled whelk (Busycotypus...

Upcoming COLSA & NHAES Events

There are no items to display.

See all upcoming COLSA events

NHAES News Spotlights