The Big Six of weed management

Gregor Heard
Updated September 17 2019 - 4:46pm, first published 7:30am
Peter Newman, AHRI western extension agronomist, looks at a Shelbourne stripper front as part of Weed Smart Week.
Peter Newman, AHRI western extension agronomist, looks at a Shelbourne stripper front as part of Weed Smart Week.

THE WEED Smart team has come up with six key areas that farmers can think of when making their agronomic choices that can help reduce the risk of herbicide resistant weeds.

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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