October presents welcome rain relief

Gregor Heard
Updated October 11 2018 - 9:45am, first published October 10 2018 - 12:00pm
There has been good rain in Victoria's Wimmera region this week at a key stage for crop development for many.
There has been good rain in Victoria's Wimmera region this week at a key stage for crop development for many.

THE NEWS may still be grim in terms of weather patterns, with a drier than average late spring and early summer still very much on the cards, but farmers across the nation have had a welcome respite to the dry through early October.

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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