Broom's Barn Experimental Station
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Broom's Barn Experimental Station | |
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Location within Suffolk | |
Former names | Broom's Barn Research Station |
General information | |
Type | Horticultural Research Centre |
Address | Suffolk, IP28 6NP |
Coordinates | 52°15′41″N 0°34′02″E / 52.2613°N 0.5671°E |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Completed | 1962 |
Inaugurated | 1962 |
Dimensions | |
Other dimensions | 77 hectares |
Broom's Barn Experimental Station is a research institute in Suffolk, United Kingdom.
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).
Structure[]
It is situated just south of the A14. In the early 2000s, the site employed around 70 people. It researched sugar beet.[1] Until 1967, the Higham railway station served the site.
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Categories:
- 1962 establishments in England
- Agricultural research institutes in the United Kingdom
- Research institutes established in 1962
- Research institutes in Suffolk
- Rothamsted Experimental Station
- Sugar organizations