2019 officially the hottest, driest year on record

Gregor Heard
Updated January 10 2020 - 12:34pm, first published January 9 2020 - 3:00pm
Shimmering heat haze has been an all too constant part of the Australian landscape over the past 12 months.
Shimmering heat haze has been an all too constant part of the Australian landscape over the past 12 months.

THE Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has confirmed what many in agricultural regions in Australia would have suspected - that 2019 was the hottest and driest year over Australia as a whole since official records began.

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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