Breeder has confidence in barley future

Gregor Heard
Updated March 5 2019 - 8:56pm, first published 7:00pm
Samuel Gasté, new markets director with RAGT Semences, says his company is thrilled, but not surprised at the Aussie success of its Planet barley variety.
Samuel Gasté, new markets director with RAGT Semences, says his company is thrilled, but not surprised at the Aussie success of its Planet barley variety.

A DIRECTOR of a leading French plant breeding company responsible the barley variety Planet, which won rave reviews from Australian growers last harvest, says there is good scope for Australia to continue to tap into the emerging Asian malt market.

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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