Canola shining bright

Gregor Heard
Updated October 24 2016 - 5:44pm, first published 5:38pm
Canola crops are podding up nicely in key production areas in Australia, which will allow growers to take advantage of the high prices currently on offer for the oilseed.
Canola crops are podding up nicely in key production areas in Australia, which will allow growers to take advantage of the high prices currently on offer for the oilseed.

IN A YEAR where depressed cereal prices have dominated the conversation in the Australian grains industry canola has emerged as a shining light on the price front with prices lifting more than 10pc this month to $535 a tonne.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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