Wet end to May then good winter prospects

Gregor Heard
Updated May 20 2020 - 9:36am, first published May 19 2020 - 4:00pm
This map shows the minimum amount of rainfall there is a 50 per cent chance of receiving over winter according to BOM forecasts. Source: BOM.
This map shows the minimum amount of rainfall there is a 50 per cent chance of receiving over winter according to BOM forecasts. Source: BOM.

CROPPERS anxious for rain are beginning to see some reason for optimism with much of the country likely to receive good falls in the next seven days.

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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