Rothamsted Research

the Broadbalk wheat experiment — running since 1843 — provides 180 years of soil organic matter data under mineral vs organic fertilisation, calibrating long-term soil-carbon models.

Country: United Kingdom

Research

Coverage

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Affiliation	Rothamsted Research is an independent charitable company supported by the Lawes Agricultural Trust and primarily funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)	rothamsted.ac.uk
Research focus	Long-term agricultural field experiments, specifically studying winter wheat, crop nutrient responses, soil organic matter, weed ecology, and microbial ecology	ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org · rothamsted.ac.uk
Facility	The Broadbalk Wheat Experiment, Rothamsted Sample Archive, Electronic Rothamsted Archive (e-RA), and UK Environmental Change Network sites at Rothamsted	ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org · rothamsted.ac.uk
Grant	Funded by the UKRI-BBSRC (e.g., award BBS/E/RH/23NB0007) and the Lawes Agricultural Trust (which provides annual research grants and capital grants)	register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk · era.rothamsted.ac.uk · rothamsted.ac.uk
Publications	Extensive series of datasets (e.g., Broadbalk soil chemical properties, annual crop yields) and peer-reviewed articles published in journals such as Advances in Agronomy and European Journal of Agronomy	era.rothamsted.ac.uk
Principal staff	Andrew Gregory (Principal Investigator/Site Manager), Sarah Perryman (Data Manager), Margaret Glendining (Data Manager), and Paul Poulton (Researcher)	ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org · era.rothamsted.ac.uk · rothamsted.ac.uk
Headcount	Rothamsted Research employs between 250 and 499 people (approx. 373-376 employees)	gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk · register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk

Independent sources: ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org · era.rothamsted.ac.uk · gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk · register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Soil carbon MRV	agri-tech-precision	Medium	→

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