Other Sites

In addition to the two main sites, the Institute also operates other research units and farms.

• Brimstone Field Drainage site near Faringdon, Oxfordshire for joint studies with ADAS on the long-term movement and leaching of applied agrochemicals
• Woburn Farm in Bedfordshire-taken over in 1926 from the Royal Agricultural Society of England, which had conducted experiments there since 1876.
• Saxmundham - this experimental site started in 1899 by East Suffoik County Council came under Rothamsted's control in 1964.

Rothamsted Research facilities

The Institute has extensive up-to-date research facilities including:

• integrated gas chromatography - mass spectrometry data system
• nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometers
• inductively coupled plasma spectrometer
• electrophysiology laboratory
• modern insectary
• monoclonal antibody unit
• analytical chemistry service
• plant tissue culture laboratories
• biolistics system for gene delivery
• scanning and transmission electron microscopy suites
• spray application facilities
• wind tunnel/rain simulators
• field plots for agrochemical leaching studies
• extensive information/library services
• glasshouses totalling nearly 1 ha
• research farms totalling 620 ha
• Controlled Environment facilities
• Modern conference halls