NSW set to lead the surge as national winter crop production to rebound

Gregor Heard
June 14 2020 - 12:00pm
Australia is set to recover from two years of drought with a much more positive crop production outlook issued by ABARES last week.
Australia is set to recover from two years of drought with a much more positive crop production outlook issued by ABARES last week.

THE NATIONAL crop forecaster the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is predicting a massive spike in winter crop plantings in NSW will spearhead Australia's winter crop to a whopping 53 per cent year on year increase.

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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