Super safflower ready to GO

Gregor Heard
December 16 2018 - 6:00am
Surya Kant, Agriculture Victoria, with lines of safflower used in research.
Surya Kant, Agriculture Victoria, with lines of safflower used in research.

DEVELOPERS of a new line of safflower with high levels of oleic acid in the oil, desired by both the industrial and food services sectors, are confident the varieties will see a resurgence in Australia’s safflower industry, which has declined since its 1980s heyday.

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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