Growing corn using a little sneaky peat

Gregor Heard
November 17 2018 - 12:00pm
Hamilton district farmer Chris Cameron with Greg Halcom. Mr Cameron is planting corn on a peat swamp this year.
Hamilton district farmer Chris Cameron with Greg Halcom. Mr Cameron is planting corn on a peat swamp this year.

DOTTED throughout far south-western Victoria are ancient peat swamps that are traditionally not regarded as the most productive farmland due to their propensity to get waterlogged over the long, wet and cold southern winter.

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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