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Ruminant Specialists

Dr. Karen Wonnacott

Dr. Karen Wonnacott
ruminant specialist
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Karen joined the CMC Technical Team as our Ruminant Nutritionist in 2018. Karen was brought up on a small, family-run farm in Devon and has always been incredibly passionate about agriculture and the countryside.

John Cann

John Cann
ruminant specialist
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John brought his considerable dairy expertise to CMC in 2015, immediately becoming a key part of our ruminant technical team.

Matt Rance

Matt Rance
ruminant specialist
forage specialist
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Matt is responsible for Legislation, Trading Standards and Product Compliance and Assurance. He is also the technical manager of our forage services team and part of our ruminant technical team.

Mark Causey

Mark Causey
ruminant specialist
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Mark’s career began as a trainee rep for Pauls Agriculture at Lords Meadow, Crediton. Now, older and wiser, he’s still in Crediton as part of our ruminant technical team.

Gary Pulsford

Gary Pulsford
ruminant specialist
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Gary has been a renowned feed specialist since the mid 90's. Well known throughout Somerset and the surrounding areas, he is well regarded not only for his knowledge, but also the positive attitude and cheery demeanour he brings on every farm visit.

Matt Holmes

Matt Holmes
ruminant specialist
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Matt comes from a family with a history in farming and forestry and lives in South Devon. He prides himself on being a friendly and approachable person, always keen to help and provide quality advice to drive farming businesses forward.

Ed Redman

Ed Redman
ruminant specialist
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Ed joined CMC in March 2021 following ten years of varied experience in the feed industry, working in both transport and sales.

Phil Stoneman

Phil Stoneman
ruminant specialist
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Phil began his career as a herd manager before moving into the feed industry and arriving at CMC in 2010. Phil has a huge wealth of experience and particularly enjoys working with family farms throughout the generations. His knowledge of South-west farms is second to none, you’ll rarely see him requiring a map.

Sarah Cann

Sarah Cann
ruminant specialist
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Sarah is a Ruminant Feed Specialists and a member of our Dairy Focus Team, covering the Southwest providing essential services to our customers and backup to our ruminant team.

Pete Davis

Pete Davis
ruminant specialist
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Pete Davis joined as our first ruminant nutritionist and the original member of the CMC technical team. Brought up on a large dairy, arable and beef unit in Hertfordshire, he has 30 years of experience, including managing dairy herds and farms across the country from Middlesex to Yorkshire. Nutritional and Management Consultancy has dominated the last 16 years, which also included running a large animal vet practice.

Graham Dodd

Graham Dodd is our Commercial Manager and is responsible for formulations, mill products and blends. He’s always happy to discuss feed commodity markets and help with any thoughts you have on future prices and contracts.

Steve Chapman

Steve Chapman
ruminant specialist
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In 2012 Steve founded his own company, SC Nutrition. His aim is to provide a cutting edge and thorough approach to a manageable number of farms in Cornwall, paying particular focus to the effect nutrition can have on cow comfort.

Trevor Bedford

Trevor Bedford
ruminant specialist
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Trevor joined team CMC in his early twenties. Now in his sixties, Trevor hopes to finally make his fortune by selling the secret to his Peter Pan looks.

Poultry Specialists

Russell Crang

Russell Crang
poultry specialist
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Russell is an important member of our management team and leads our poultry sector. His knowledge of poultry stems back over 30 years, and he is a substantial poultry grower himself.

Will White

Will White
poultry specialist
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Will is an integral part of our poultry team, with a broad knowledge of the feed industry. He has an industrious character who becomes deeply involved in his customers’ enterprises. He is also a free-range egg producer in his own right; working with his wife, Millie, to manage 9,000 Clarence Court hens on the home farm. Will won the prestigious award of ‘Young Poultry Person of the Year 2022’.

Gwenda Wozencraft

Gwenda Wozencraft
poultry specialist
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Gwenda has farming at her roots and absolutely loves agriculture. She mostly enjoys working with poultry farmers and being on farm working with the animals and making a positive difference to the farm businesses she works with. Gwenda wants to help where she can and help people to get the best results that they can, to achieve the best possible outcomes. Gwenda has worked with free range laying hens since she was 17 and is a very proud mum of two lovely children who definitely try to keep her on her toes. If Gwenda manages any spare time at all, she loves to go to the coast, walking and spending as much time outside as she can!

David Hope

David Hope
poultry specialist
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David grew up on a family farm in Oxfordshire where he developed his interest in poultry. Since leaving Harper Adams in 2007 David has worked in the sector and joined Crediton Milling in August 2023. David enjoys working closely with farmers to get the best out of their flocks and support wherever he can. He particularly enjoys problem solving and helping find solutions and improvements that help the farm business.

David Small

David Small
poultry specialist
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David has a broad knowledge of the agricultural industry and has worked in various roles but more latterly as contract support manager to a national egg packer. Dave is a farmer in his own right and loves nothing more than spending time with his beef cattle and sheep. Dave takes an active interest in a wide variety of farming businesses and is never afraid to lend a hand or offer advice.

Colin Gravatt

Colin Gravatt
poultry specialist
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Forage Specialists

Matt Rance

Matt Rance
ruminant specialist
forage specialist
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Matt is responsible for Legislation, Trading Standards and Product Compliance and Assurance. He is also the technical manager of our forage services team and part of our ruminant technical team.

Mark Tucker

Mark Tucker
forage specialist
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Mark has extensive knowledge in forage production and quality. He is fully focused on tailoring his advice to individual farms and creating a bespoke, specific plan based on the needs of each farming enterprise. This enables him to maximise potential from the farm. He employs a back-to-basics theory; in which he removes the potential pitfalls, and tries to improve grassland management systems to increase production of home-grown forages.

Mike Allen

Mike Allen
forage specialist
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Coming from a farming family in Cornwall, Mike has been involved in the local agricultural community for more years than he would like to admit.

Sonya Treen

Sonya Treen
forage specialist
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Beth Kent

Beth Kent
forage specialist
focus team
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Beth joined the Crediton Milling Forage Team in September 2023 and is also part of our Ruminant Focus Team. Beth comes from a Dairy farming family in Cornwall so has grown up with plenty of experience working with livestock.
Beth has a particularly keen interest in grassland and sustainable farming practices. Outside of work, she loves walking her dog in the Cornish countryside and enjoying a few beers with friends and family.

Focus Team

Kyrin Hole

Kyrin Hole
focus team
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Kyrin is part of the Ruminant Focus Team which provides high quality support to our sales team by carrying out a diverse range of technical services on farm such as locomotion scoring, body condition scoring, Interherd reports and costings. Kyrin is extremely practical and very competent in and around cows.

Caitlin Pople

Caitlin Pople
focus team
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Caitlin is a dairy farmer’s daughter and youngstock rearer that joined CMC in the Summer of 2023. Caitlin brings with her a wide knowledge of the agricultural industry and has worked as a Head Veterinary Nurse in a small animal practice in Devon. In Caitlin’s spare time, she loves walking her dogs in the countryside and spending time with family and friends. 

Beth Kent

Beth Kent
forage specialist
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Beth joined the Crediton Milling Forage Team in September 2023 and is also part of our Ruminant Focus Team. Beth comes from a Dairy farming family in Cornwall so has grown up with plenty of experience working with livestock.
Beth has a particularly keen interest in grassland and sustainable farming practices. Outside of work, she loves walking her dog in the Cornish countryside and enjoying a few beers with friends and family.

Tori Leggott

Tori Leggott
focus team
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Tori is part of the Ruminant Focus Team which provides high quality support to our sales team by carrying out a diverse range of technical services on farm such as locomotion scoring, body condition scoring, dung sieving and costings.

Team Leaders

Mark Gulley

Mark Gulley
team leader

Mark is our Managing Director and looks after all our raw material buying and knows every inch of Fordton Mills inside and out.
He is a massive rugby fan and enjoys supporting Crediton RFC and watching his boys playing for their respective teams.

Andrew Power

Andrew Power
team leader

Andrew is the lead for sales. He didn’t start out in agriculture – in fact, he stumbled into the business after marrying the boss’ daughter. However, with 20 years worth of help from an array of skilled, dedicated and enthusiastic teams, he has learnt a little and loves his work.

Stephen Gulley

Stephen Gulley
team leader

Steve heads up our transport department and is always calm under pressure. In his spare time you'll find him supporting his children’s sporting events or paddle boarding in Cornwall.

Scott Brimilcombe

Scott Brimilcombe
team leader

Scott oversees all CMC operations. He’s a keen runner and loves playing, coaching, and watching football.

Darren Hughes

Darren Hughes
team leader

Darren is responsible for the day-to-day running of the mill. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and young children.

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