China holds the key to barley market

Gregor Heard
Updated November 5 2019 - 3:27pm, first published 3:00pm
Market Check head of strategy Nick Crundall says the barley market is in a holding pattern at present.
Market Check head of strategy Nick Crundall says the barley market is in a holding pattern at present.

BARLEY producers are looking at reasonable yields this year, especially considering the dry spring, but marketing the crop is going to be far less straight forward than last year when they had the luxury of selling straight off the header at near record prices.

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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