Summer and spring cropping providing options in southern Australia

Gregor Heard
Updated January 30 2018 - 1:04pm, first published January 29 2018 - 6:00pm
Forage rape's deep tap root is useful for drying out excess subsoil moisture.
Forage rape's deep tap root is useful for drying out excess subsoil moisture.

IT IS in no danger of challenging the Darling Downs or the Liverpool Plains as the nation’s premier spring and summer cropping region, but farmers straddling the southern end of the Victoria – SA border are thrilled with their foray into sowing crop well into the second half of the year.

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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