Hope emerging for upcoming winter crop

Gregor Heard
January 28 2020 - 6:00am
Farmers are hopeful that stored summer moisture, combined with a good early break, will get the winter crop away to a good start this year.
Farmers are hopeful that stored summer moisture, combined with a good early break, will get the winter crop away to a good start this year.

WELCOME rain through the northern cropping zone in January has raised the prospects of improved winter cropping planting this year.

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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