Nigel Chesters

Was born and bred in Shropshire. He graduated from Newcastle upon Tyne University with BSC (Hons) in Agriculture and Environmental Science. After University he joined a Shrewsbury based agricultural company, then progressed on to jointly establishing BCW (Agriculture) Limited. He is Basis, FACTS, Amtra and Beta qualified.

Nigel very much enjoys working within the challenging agricultural climate, and works with a mixture of farm types. Outside of work Nigel is a keen golfer, and is a big Chelsea supporter.

Bill Jones

Grew up on a mixed farm in Pitchford, south of Shrewsbury. He graduated from Bristol University with a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry, he is also Basis, FACTS and Beta qualified.

After graduating, Bill worked on farm for 4 years, he then joined David Nunn Ltd in 1985, working within in the areas of Shrewsbury and Newport. Bill joined BCW in 1999, and specialises in working with arable farmers as well as crimp maize, which he hopes to increase production of. In his spare time Bill enjoys snow skiing (but not often enough), playing golf (badly) and the odd game of tennis. He is also a keen rugby union follower.

Ian Evans

Ian is farmers son, growing up on a mixed farm, west of Shrewsbury. In his early years he studied agriculture at Walford College. Ian as well as Bill, worked for David Nunn Ltd in 1989, as an agronomist. He then joined the team at BCW in 1999, dealing with mainly mixed farms in west Shropshire and Welsh Borders, he is Basis, FACTS and Beta qualified.

Ian covers all products from animal heath, minerals, additives to agrochemicals. He also specialises in maize crops.

He enjoys watching, rather than playing football, in his spare time..

Dai Morgan

After growing up on a mixed farm in Acton Burnell, near Shrewsbury, Dai went on to study Agriculture at Walford College.

He worked for UAP, then joined BCW in 1991. He is largely responsible for running company trials sites. Dai is Basis, FACTS and Beta qualified.

He primarily concentrates on arable and mixed farms south of Shropshire, specialising in    potato management and all aspects of crop production.

Dai’s interests include shooting and rearing children.

Dave Harris

Grew up on a farm near Nantwich and graduated from Reaseheath College, with a Licentiateship degree. He has 25 years of farming experience, including milk production and grassland awards. Dave joined the team at BCW in 2005,  primarily specialising in forage crops and all aspects of milk production and animal health issues. Dave is BASIS qualified.

Dave’s interests outside of work include tennis and  shooting.

Nick Jones

Nick has a background in agriculture, his grandparents were farmers. He studied at Walford College, gaining a wealth of experience on a large arable farm during his Sandwich year. Upon leaving college he worked for Lord Stafford estates as sprayer operator before joining David Nunn Ltd in 1998. He joined BCW in 2005.

He is BASIS and AMTRA qualified. Nick covers Shropshire and Mid-Wales and deals with both arable and mixed farms.

He enjoys mountain biking and golf as activities away from work.

Gary Sanderson

Gary was born in Skipton, North Yorkshire. After compeleting a HND in Agriculture at Askham Bryan College of Agriculture, York, Gary managed dairy arable farms in Yorkshire and Staffordshire before joining BCW in March 2009.

In Addition to his wealth on hands on practical expirience in the dairy industry, Gary is also BASIS qualified and will service farms in Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire.

Ourside of working hours Gary is currently chairman for the Stone branch of the NFU. Also a keen rugby fan, Gary follows the Sale Sharks whenever possible, as supports his native Yorkshire county cricket team.

 Sion Price

Born in North Wales, Sion graduated from Liverpool with BCs (Hons) in Applied Biology, specialising in crop protection and plant pathology. Over the last 22 years he has had a wide range of experience in technical, marketing and sales roles within AgChem manufacturing. Most recently these have included commercial lead for Monsanto UK Ltd, commercial director for Sorex Ltd and head of sales BASF pest control solutions, Europe/Africa.

Sion has been appointed to help strengthen and grow the company as a whole and will also be servicing farms in North Shropshire, South Cheshire and North Wales. Outside of work he enjoys cars, boats, fishing and cycling.