Pulses continue to grow in UK

Gregor Heard
Updated October 24 2016 - 4:13pm, first published October 22 2016 - 3:00pm
Sharna Johnson, PGRO, with a bean crop at the Cereals Event in Cambridgeshire earlier in the year.
Sharna Johnson, PGRO, with a bean crop at the Cereals Event in Cambridgeshire earlier in the year.

AFTER all the problems the Australian pulse crop has had with wet feet this season the average agricultural pundit here would be forgiven for thinking the green and misty climate of the United Kingdom would not be the ideal place for legume production.

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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