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Iago Hale:
We're standing at the Kingman Farm, which is one of the five facilities of
the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. We have about 350 acres here,
a large portion of it is in woodlands with public trails where people can go
mountain biking and hiking, so there's big recreational use here.
But then we also, as you can see, there's a large portion of this in agricultural land
where we have research going on in horticulture and agronomy, and so it's a great place
for students in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture to get involved in research
with cropping systems. Right now I have a wheat trial going on bringing in new
wheat germ-plasm into New England and trying to help revive
the small grains production in this region.
Dan Hocking:
I'm in Kingman Farm, in a forested area, about 300 acres here.
It's been a great area for me to do some of my research,
but I've also been fortunate enough to take students out here for courses
when I've taught vertebrate biology and when I TA'd wildlife techniques.
We bring students out here. It's great to have these resources so close to campus.
These are some of my enclosures that I've used to study red-backed salamanders.
I have different densities of salamanders, some with salamanders and some without
to study how salamanders affect ecosystem functions
like decomposition and nutrient cycling
Becky Sideman:
The New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
supports my work in a number of ways. First is probably the land.
Because I grow crops and I hold demonstrations for farmers,
I need land to do that and we have wonderful facilities here for that.
The Experiment Station also provides funding for my work
so I can buy the supplies that I need and hire students to help me do my research.
Jake Uretsky:
My name is Jake Uretsky. I just finished my master•s research
under the advisorship of Brent Loy. He's a plant breeder here at UNH.
He works with curcubits, which include pumpkins, squash, gourds, melons, zucchini.
Behind me is one of the research fields where we do some of our breeding work.
Brent Loy:
The agriculture research we do at the experiment station
has possibilities of supporting a lot of different people.
Jake Uretstky:
If you can get yourself involved in any way with the research,
not only will you probably learn more than just sitting in class,
but you'll also get practical experience that you can bring with you.