Ferme de la Briche was a farm located on the territory of Rillé and neighbouring communes in the north-west of the department of Indre-et-Loire in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
It was founded in 1857 by Jean-François Cail, a manufacturer of sugar factory equipment and locomotive construction, who wanted to apply the principle of vertical integration to agriculture. The exploitation of the estate, which covered more than 1,600 ha in a single block at its peak, is based on cattle breeding and sugar beet cultivation. Imposing buildings make up a central farm on four hectares controlling seven satellite farms. The main products of the estate were sugar extracted from beets and alcohol from the distillation of beets and grains, as well as beef animals, cattle and sheep. 350 to 400 people were employed there year round, in addition to seasonal workers.
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