National crop gets boost with Vic, SA rain

Gregor Heard
Updated September 18 2020 - 9:19am, first published September 16 2020 - 11:04am
Ellie McDonald, Hopea Suffolk and White Suffolk Stud, pictured during shearing her family's commercial Merino flock at Dadswells Bridge, Victoria, had 25mm over the weekend.
Ellie McDonald, Hopea Suffolk and White Suffolk Stud, pictured during shearing her family's commercial Merino flock at Dadswells Bridge, Victoria, had 25mm over the weekend.

A NARROW but intense rainband deposited up to 40mm on parts of south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia, greatly boosting crop prospects through key production zones.

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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