Green’s Farm Supplies Ltd
Tag Team adds
to Green’s service
with a smile
Chris Berry talks with Chris Jeffery at Greens’
Farm Supplies in Thirsk Auction Centre.
» » I’VE WRITTEN ABOUT QUITE
literally thousands of people
involved in farming and farm
related businesses over the
past 26 years since I started in
1991 and I’ve made some great
personal friends, taking the story
writing beyond the farm gate or
office and on to really wonderful
bonds whereby you can chat
about anything and everything.
I’m not trying to overplay things
here. I still only generally get
together when there’s something
to discuss or if I meet up at a
show or event, some might not
even consider that as a massive
friendship but it works for me and
I’m certain it works for those who
consider this the same way.
Two of my best friends in
this regard are Chris and Kate
Jeffery. I’ve seen them work
so hard at their business of
Green’s Farm Supplies in Thirsk
and Northallerton, but more
importantly for me they have
retained a natural, friendly
balance to life and I’ve recently
been fortunate enough to help
them with the promotion of a
new aspect to their business this
year called Lazer Tags. We’ve
laughed, had fun together and
got on with the jobs in hand.
It’s that kind of spirit and way
of working that sets them apart
from many - and in developing
friendships you also find out
more about what makes people
tick.
Just ask Chris about their
Whitebred Shorthorns at Spring
View Farm, Thornton on the Hill
and watch his face light up. He
and Kate love their livestock and
they are smitten with contributing
to the breed’s survival and
increasing its number. We’ll save
a bit more of that for later on in
this story, but first let’s look at
how the business has developed
from starting out in a little bothy
selling animal health products
opposite Northallerton livestock
market.
‘Kate and I started in that tiny
little cabin in 2004 selling a few
animal medicines to farmers. The
business grew and when Thirsk
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Farmers Auction Mart decided
to relocate we made what for us
was a very bold decision to base
ourselves here in 2006. We took
the biggest unit available and
we’ve since expanded outwards,
upwards, sideways and all over
the place. We now provide
everything from a tin of cat food
right up to a multi-thousand
pound cattle crush handling
system.’
‘Our business is still mostly
farm-related but we also now
have a very busy Country Store
that is expanding all the time.
It’s primarily animal care for
companion animals such as
dogs, cats and all other small
animals. We stock all the relevant
feed, accessories and animal
medicines for those animals as
well as for farm livestock. Poultry
feed and accessories have been
added too along with small
animal housing.’
‘We’re also now developing a
reputation for quality plants for
the garden and I can see that
increasing in the coming years.
Good access and a great location
are two of the main reasons why
people come here from all walks
of life and our business with the
general public has grown from a
few tins of cat food and bags of
dog food to something that now
makes up nearly a quarter of our
annual turnover.’
Providing farmers with a great
service, listening to their needs
and supplying the right products
is still the hub of what Green’s
Farm Supplies is all about and in
Spring this year Chris and Kate
launched a new arm to their
burgeoning enterprise with Lazer
Tags.