60 Minutes glyphosate coverage cops a pasting from farm lobby groups

Gregor Heard
September 11 2019 - 10:00am
Farm lobby groups did not give 60 Minutes' report into glyphosate rave reviews.
Farm lobby groups did not give 60 Minutes' report into glyphosate rave reviews.

A NUMBER of state farmer organisations and the crop protection sector have slammed the current affairs program '60 Minutes' for what they claim is inaccurate and sensationalist reporting regarding the controversial herbicide glyphosate.

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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