Positive season trumps virus uncertainty

Gregor Heard
July 8 2020 - 9:00am
Will Rayner, Rural Bank chief operating officer, says many parts of the country have enjoyed one of their best starts to the season on record.
Will Rayner, Rural Bank chief operating officer, says many parts of the country have enjoyed one of their best starts to the season on record.

VICTORIA may be gripped in an ominous second wave of COVID-19 that has Garden State residents fearful of another bout of lockdowns and the rest of the nation watching anxiously, but most ag sectors are still tracking well according to a Rural Bank report issued this week.

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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