New South Wales and Victoria drive monster crop

Gregor Heard
December 2 2020 - 3:00pm
It's been a big year on the headers for farmers in NSW and Victoria in particular.
It's been a big year on the headers for farmers in NSW and Victoria in particular.

THE BIGGEST crop on record in NSW and the second largest ever in Victoria will drive a monster Australian winter crop of 51.5 million tonnes, second only to the 56.7m tonnes of 2016-17.

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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