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FG 180: 180 years of Rothamsted Research - what has it done for farming?

Having amassed close to two centuries-worth of data, the Broadbalk experiment continues to reveal new insights and findings relevant to modern agriculture

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FG 180: 180 years of Rothamsted Research - what has it done for farming?

A little over 180 years ago, in the autumn of 1843, John Bennet Lawes and his colleague Joseph Henry Gilbert planted the first plots in what was to become the Broadbalk winter wheat long-term experiment...

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