Southern crop to shoulder the load

Gregor Heard
Updated June 26 2019 - 2:53pm, first published June 22 2019 - 6:00am
Michael Sudholz, who farms at Natimuk, west of Horsham, in a recently sown and sprayed paddock of Spartacus barley.
Michael Sudholz, who farms at Natimuk, west of Horsham, in a recently sown and sprayed paddock of Spartacus barley.

There is strong yield potential for croppers in south-eastern Australia following well above average May and June rainfall, but further north it is a totally different story, with Queensland and northern NSW set for a third successive drought-hit crop.

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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