Rainfall below expectations has growers relieved, lessens downgrading risk

Gregor Heard
Updated December 6 2017 - 12:19pm, first published 10:09am
Rain over the cropping belt was below expectations.
Rain over the cropping belt was below expectations.

THERE will be patches of severely downgraded grain in parts of the Riverina in NSW and north-eastern and northern Victoria, but overall the grains industry believes the impact of last week’s significant rain was less than initially feared.

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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