Following the trail to track snails

Gregor Heard
February 21 2020 - 11:30am
Kate Ballard is conducting research she hopes will be able to identify whether snails communicate via their mucus trails.
Kate Ballard is conducting research she hopes will be able to identify whether snails communicate via their mucus trails.

EVERYBODY knows the tell-tale silvery trail means there are snails about, but there is more to the little lines you find on your concrete path than meets the eye.

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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