The myth of the Anzac Day break

Gregor Heard
April 24 2018 - 3:00pm
Victorian Mallee farmers are comfortable dry sowing ahead of a seasonal break. This photo was taken in the western Mallee earlier in the month. Photo: James McKee.
Victorian Mallee farmers are comfortable dry sowing ahead of a seasonal break. This photo was taken in the western Mallee earlier in the month. Photo: James McKee.

IT IS AN annual thing, the calendar rolls around to Anzac Day and if it hasn’t rained, farmers’ eyes start looking to the heavens.

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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