A year makes all the difference to crop prospects in Victorian Mallee

Gregor Heard
November 6 2019 - 6:00am
Birchip farmer and Birchip Cropping Group chairman John Ferrier is looking forward to harvest this year after a disappointing season in 2018.
Birchip farmer and Birchip Cropping Group chairman John Ferrier is looking forward to harvest this year after a disappointing season in 2018.

FOR MANY drought-weary farmers in Queensland, NSW and parts of Victoria and South Australia it feels like it is never going to rain again.

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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