Potato Review

www.potatoreview.com PROFESSIONAL FOCUS Nick hangs up his hat after 48+ years N ick sits on the Potato Industry CIPC Stewardship Group and is chairman of the NAAC Applicators Group which has been instrumental in driving up industry standards. He will continue to sit on these groups. Nick, who celebrated his 69th birthday this year, was born and bred in Lincolnshire, growing up in Navenby and now living in Branston. Having initially begun a career as a joiner, Nick joined Stored Crop in 1972. It had been founded by his father, Harry Green, in October 1971. Harry had formerly been a consultant for Smiths Crisps. Nick’s wife Geraldine and son Tom later joined the company in 1994 and when Harry later retired, Nick spent much of his time on the road, along with Tom, while Geraldine ran the Metheringham-based o ce. e company moved to bigger premises in Washingborough in 2006, where Michael Otley, Nick’s father-in-law, and Becky, Tom’s wife, are now also employed as operatives. Nick has seen many changes in the industry and is known for being a forward thinker, as demonstrated by the technology he has used to build the bespoke Cropfog machines used to apply CIPC and Biox M to potato crops, which are now sold all over the world, along with the company’s diversi cation into store hygiene with bespoke machinery to avoid cross contamination, grain store hygiene with high pressure washers and glasshouse hygiene, again with bespoke machinery. Nick will o cially retire at Christmas and will be on Stored Crop’s stand at BP2019. Tom will take over as Managing Director of the company. Potato industry stalwart Nick Green, the second generationmember of family-run and founded company Stored Crop Conservation Ltd, is retiring after almost 50 years in the business andmaking way for the third generation of his family to take over. e: sales@tongengineering.com t: +44 (0)1790 752771 www. tongengineering .com Join us at to kickstart our 2020 celebrations THE COMPLETE SOLUTION Designed with you inmind > Gentle Handling > Advanced Design > Intelligent Control

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