Big season in west can’t drag national production up

Gregor Heard
September 12 2018 - 6:00am
 Crop prospects in the Victorian Mallee are fading fast.
Crop prospects in the Victorian Mallee are fading fast.

A BOOMING year in Western Australia is not enough to compensate for the woes in the eastern states, with ABARES, the national crop forecaster, slashing 12 per cent off its estimated total winter grain production since its June report to come up with a number of 33.2 million tonnes.

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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