New opportunities for Wimmera wheat growers post-desk

Gregor Heard
Updated July 2 2018 - 10:47am, first published 10:30am
On-farm storage has been one area farmers have managed to use to seize new marketing opportunities following deregulation of the wheat market according to Victorian grain grower Chris Kelly.
On-farm storage has been one area farmers have managed to use to seize new marketing opportunities following deregulation of the wheat market according to Victorian grain grower Chris Kelly.

A VICTORIAN Mallee farmer said the fear over what would happen following deregulation of the wheat market has largely evaporated in the ten years since. Chris Kelly, Woomelang, said the deregulated era arrived with a host of unanswered questions.

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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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