Late season frost to damage pulse yields in Victoria's Wimmera while storms rip through NSW

Gregor Heard
Updated November 9 2017 - 2:38pm, first published November 7 2017 - 4:23pm
Wimmera chickpea crops were decimated by a late season frost last week.
Wimmera chickpea crops were decimated by a late season frost last week.

ONE OF the latest frosts recorded in the important pulse producing region of the Wimmera in Victoria is set to put a significant dent in tonnages of high value crops such as lentils and chickpeas.

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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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