Dry and hot start to 2018 curtails early sowing

Gregor Heard
April 10 2018 - 6:00pm
Dry sowing is slowly ramping up but many farmers are delaying fully commiting to their planting program until there is a change in weather patterns.
Dry sowing is slowly ramping up but many farmers are delaying fully commiting to their planting program until there is a change in weather patterns.

THE RECORD breaking autumn heat wave that has followed to a long hot summer has some growers holding off on beginning winter crop sowing programs, especially through parts of central and northern NSW.

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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