Could hay travel from Katherine to Victoria and NSW and provide fodder relief?

Gregor Heard
Updated June 5 2018 - 1:20pm, first published 1:00pm
Western Australian fodder manufacturers in the Ord River region can produce a hay crop in just over a month, but can it be freighted to southern Australia economically?
Western Australian fodder manufacturers in the Ord River region can produce a hay crop in just over a month, but can it be freighted to southern Australia economically?

WITH its ability to produce a hay crop in around a month, could the Ord River region in remote northern Western Australia be the solution to eastern Australia’s current fodder crisis?

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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