Researchers using their noodle

Gregor Heard
July 5 2019 - 12:00pm
Participants in an Australian wheat seminar in Manilla in the Philippines assess how our wheat performs.
Participants in an Australian wheat seminar in Manilla in the Philippines assess how our wheat performs.

As Asian buyers become increasingly comfortable substituting the Australian wheat they have traditionally used for making noodles for cheaper wheat out of the Black Sea region, the Australian Export Grain Innovation Centre (AEGIC) is trying to maintain our market share into the region.

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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