Workforce shortages hurting grain supply chain

Gregor Heard
Updated August 11 2022 - 11:47am, first published August 10 2022 - 4:00pm
SHORTAGES: Ben Macnamara, CBH, Phil Hughes, Viterra Australia and Tony Geitz, Louis Dreyfus Australia chat with journalist Barrie Cassidy about supply chain constraints at the Australian Grains Industry Conference.
SHORTAGES: Ben Macnamara, CBH, Phil Hughes, Viterra Australia and Tony Geitz, Louis Dreyfus Australia chat with journalist Barrie Cassidy about supply chain constraints at the Australian Grains Industry Conference.

LEADERS of major grain-based agribusinesses across the country have nominated labour shortages as their biggest obstacle at present.

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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