Vaccine mandates, cross border worries have harvesters anxious

Gregor Heard
Updated October 22 2021 - 5:35pm, first published October 21 2021 - 12:02pm
While supportive of the Victorian government's vaccine roll-out, Grain Growers chairman Brett Hosking said he did not feel a vaccine mandate for ag workers was necessary.
While supportive of the Victorian government's vaccine roll-out, Grain Growers chairman Brett Hosking said he did not feel a vaccine mandate for ag workers was necessary.

NAVIGATING the nuances in COVID-19 policy across different state jurisdictions is proving a headache for the grains industry as harvest begins to heat up.

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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