Broom's Barn Experimental Station is a Rothamsted Research institute and arable farm in

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, United Kingdom. The current farm manager is Mark Gardner.

History

It merged in 1987 to become part of the Institute of Arable Crops Research. The funding for the site came from the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee, which became the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO). The research which was being carried out was shut down by the director of the station an
science staff left the site
Brooms Barn remains a fully functionally arable farm and LSRE station. Map of Brooms and surrounding land from 1597

Map of Brooms and surrounding land from 1597

Structure

It is situated just south of the A14. In the early 2000s, the site employed around 70 people. It researched

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.''Telegraph'' January 2005
/ref> Until 1967, the Higham railway station served the site.

References

External links

British Beet Research Organisation
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