Farmers seeking to set winter crop up on stored moisture

Gregor Heard
Updated February 12 2020 - 11:16am, first published 11:00am
Farmers need to control summer weeds and not let volunteers in stubbles, such as the ones above, emerge to best conserve moisture for the winter crop.
Farmers need to control summer weeds and not let volunteers in stubbles, such as the ones above, emerge to best conserve moisture for the winter crop.

AS MUCH of eastern Australia luxuriates in the novelty of good late summer rainfall croppers are now assessing how they can get maximum value from the falls.

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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