Managing weeds with livestock

Gregor Heard
Updated September 3 2019 - 6:36pm, first published 3:00pm
Wimmera farmer Sam Eagle in one of the containment areas which play a crucial role in managing livestock in his family farming enterprise.
Wimmera farmer Sam Eagle in one of the containment areas which play a crucial role in managing livestock in his family farming enterprise.

WEED management has been a big topic among Australia's croppers for some time but the focus has generally been on cropping only enterprises, with the role of livestock in weed mitigation strategies much less publicised.

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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