The Department of Field Crops of ADU Faculty of Agriculture carries out basic studies to realize the education and training of the staff who have the basic knowledge to direct the cultivation and breeding of field crops and to follow the latest developments and primarily to solve the problems of our region in cooperation with the relevant sector. There are four departments in the Department of Field Crops. These are; 1) Cereals and Edible Legumes 2) Industrial Plants 4) Meadow Pasture Forage Crops Practices in field crops education are carried out in the Research and Application Farm within the Faculty of Agriculture of Aydın Adnan Menderes University. 1600 da of the application farm, which has a total area of 2400 da, is used for field crops cultivation and has technical equipment for all processes in the field crops cultivation process. 1600 da of the application farm, which has a total area of 2400 da, is used for field crops cultivation and has technical equipment for all processes in the field crops cultivation process.

Adnan Menderes University Agriculture Faculty was fond in 1987, as a part of İzmir Dokuz Eylül University. In 1992, faculty was linked to Adnan Menderes University. Our department has been continuing its education since 1993-1994.

Our mission is to give education to personnel who have basic information about maintaining field crop farming and to follow developments in our country, and especially to solve the problems in cooperation with the related sector in our region.

To realize the education and training of the staff who have the basic knowledge to sustain the field crops agriculture in our country and to follow the latest developments, and primarily to solve the problems of our region with the cooperation of the relevant sector and to carry out basic studies on this subject.

The aim of the program is to train engineers who are equipped with basic knowledge in field crops, who can bring scientific solutions by analyzing the problems in the field, who can adapt advanced technologies to the field and who have internalized ethical values. In the first year of the program, it is aimed to transfer Basic Sciences to Agricultural Sciences; in the second year, it is aimed to assimilate the basic concepts of Agricultural Engineering. In the last two years of the program, theoretical and practical subjects such as the cultivation and breeding of plant groups in Field Crops are included. Interdisciplinary elective courses are emphasized especially for maintenance operations related to cultivation and plant protection. In the Field Crops program, it is important to comprehend the basic sciences in the first year and the basic knowledge of Agricultural Engineering in the second year. In the third and fourth years, the courses belonging to the Field Crops groups are offered practically. The ratio of applied courses, which is 25% in the first two years, is 56% in the last two years. Graduates who successfully complete the program by fulfilling all the requirements and are successful in the internship receive the degree of “Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Engineering-Field Crops”.

Research and teaching activities are carried out in the department by utilizing the lands of ADU Faculty of Agriculture Research and Application Farm (2400 da in total) and its equipment and machinery infrastructure. In the infrastructure of the department, there are classrooms, meeting room (with projection and computer support), 4 laboratories for each department, 1 warehouse, 1 greenhouse and 12 offices for the use of academic staff, 4 offices for graduate students and 1 archive room. In addition, students and researchers continue their scientific activities in the laboratories of ADU Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Safety Application and Research Center (TARBİYOMER) located on campus.

Department's sub-structures are Amphi theatres and Classrooms, Computer Room, Library, Meeting Room, (Projection and computer-aided), Master Room, 2 Laboratories, 2 Greenhouses and 10 offices which can be used by academic personals.