Frost wreaking havoc through WA and Vic

Gregor Heard
September 18 2018 - 8:00pm
Grain crops in northern Victoria are rapidly running out of moisture - and combined with frost in WA and Victoria it has domestic grain buyers nervous.
Grain crops in northern Victoria are rapidly running out of moisture - and combined with frost in WA and Victoria it has domestic grain buyers nervous.

SEVERE frost events and growing concerns about a lack of moisture in Western Australia and some of the few pockets of southern Australia expecting reasonable yields will knock further production off an already drought-depleted national grain harvest.

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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