Frost damage causes furthe downgrades in southern grain production

Gregor Heard
Updated October 2 2019 - 2:36pm, first published 2:19pm
Birchip Cropping Group research projects leader Claire Browne says there has been extensive frost in north-west Victoria, but added it was extremely patchy and hard to estimate total damage.
Birchip Cropping Group research projects leader Claire Browne says there has been extensive frost in north-west Victoria, but added it was extremely patchy and hard to estimate total damage.

FARMERS through South Australia and Victoria, two of the states with the best yield potential for this year's winter crop, are anxiously awaiting the fall-out of a string of heavy frosts through September.

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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