Cereal phenology project to help get sowing date right

Gregor Heard
April 12 2021 - 9:00am
OPTIMAL TIMING: James Hunt, La Trobe University, is working to try and find the optimum flowering dates for all wheat and barley varieties used in Australia as part of the National Phenology Initiative.
OPTIMAL TIMING: James Hunt, La Trobe University, is working to try and find the optimum flowering dates for all wheat and barley varieties used in Australia as part of the National Phenology Initiative.

THERE is myriad working into best practice herbicide application and most effective methods of putting out fertiliser, but one of the biggest drivers of yield in cereal crops remains getting crops to flower at the right time.

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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