Creedy Associates
Rural training and consultancy solutions
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About Us

Areas we cover

As a group we offer advice and training in the following areas:

  • Business Management
  • Enterprise costing & benchmarking
  • Grassland & alternative forage management
  • Livestock management (nutrition, reproduction, young stock, etc)
  • Agricultural subsidy paperwork
  • Agri-environmental schemes
  • Diversification including renewable energy option on farm
  • Grant Applications
  • Practical Use of Livestock Manures
  • Cross Compliance Advice
  • Catchment Sensitive Farming
  • Resources for Farms reports with renewable energy assessments
  • Soils for Profit Visits

Knowledge transfer is either via workshops, ideally on host farms, providing a practical and enjoyable way of getting all the information needed to improve business performance or via individual farm visits which enable us to provide more detailed and specific information to individual businesses.

Who are we?

John Morgan is an established independent Farm Management Advisor having worked as a senior consultant for Genus Management (now Promar) and ADAS Key enthusiasms revolve around improved transfer of information between the theorists and farmers. Technology transfer experience has been gained during time as a Director of Operations of the Maize Growers Association and work with farmer groups and cooperatives. John is FACTS qualified.

Tel: 01363 776162 Mob: 07740 432371
Email: john.morgan@creedyassociates.com

Briony Burge works as a consultant alongside John. Briony is an agriculture graduate from Reading University and has considerable practical experience gained from her work on southwest livestock farms. Between graduating from Reading in 2005 and joining Creedy Associates during the summer of 2007 Briony worked with national land agents Strutt and Parker in Salisbury. Briony is FACTS qualified.

Tel: 01363 776162
Email: briony.burge@creedyassociates.com

Laura Gude the newest member of our team has a Masters degree from Aberdeen University in Sustainable Rural Development and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2010. After graduating Laura worked as a land agent for Strutt and Parker in Devon for over three years. Laura’s interests lie particularly in the management of rural resources, including renewable energy generation, land use and diversification options, and water supply management. Before training as a surveyor Laura worked in Peru managing an archaeological and community project.

Tel: 01363 776162
Email: laura.gude@creedyassociates.com

Dave Munday is an established dairy/arable farmer near Crediton, Devon, having 25 years farming experience since gaining an HND in Agriculture at Seale-Hayne College. In the past, links have been formed with I.G.E.R. for practical on farm experimental work. Off farm expertise has included examination work with the National Proficienct Tests Council on the Food and Environmental Protection Act and a formative role in the creation and running of a successful farmer's buying co-operative/discussion forum. David's practical and realistic approach provides a vital element to the delivery team. David is FACTS qualified.

Tel: 01363 774884
Email: david.munday@creedyassociates.com

Brian Pain was until recently head of the Farm Waste Research Group at IGER North Wyke where he managed a primarily MAFF funded research programme concerned with management, utilisation and pollution control. Since retirement from IGER during 2000 he has worked as an independent consultant undertaking projects for DEFRA, IGER, CEMAGREF and other organisations. Brian is FACTS qualified.

Tel: 01363 777519
Email: brian.pain@creedyassociates.com

Jean Howard Jean is the key player in the MGA work carried out by Creedy Associates as well as being a key driver in the Devon Farm and Wildlife Conservation Group (FWAG)

Tel: 01363 775040
Email: jean.howard@creedyassociates.com