Crop production records obliterated

Gregor Heard
Updated February 15 2017 - 12:26pm, first published 12:19pm
Andrew Smith, general manager of agribusiness at Rural Bank / Rural Finance, says the 2016-17 cropping season exceeded all expectations.
Andrew Smith, general manager of agribusiness at Rural Bank / Rural Finance, says the 2016-17 cropping season exceeded all expectations.

THE OLD adage that big crops keep getting bigger has been borne out spectacularly with the release of the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) post-harvest crop estimates.

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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