The research that revolutionised an industry

Gregor Heard
May 10 2024 - 6:00am
Waite Institute grain researcher David Sparrow, pictured around the early 1980s inspecting a barley plant as part of a project to breed CCN resistant cereal varieties. Photo courtesy of the University of Adelaide.
Waite Institute grain researcher David Sparrow, pictured around the early 1980s inspecting a barley plant as part of a project to breed CCN resistant cereal varieties. Photo courtesy of the University of Adelaide.

Many young farmers within the grains industry only have a dim understanding of cereal cyst nematode (CCN) and what damage it can do to cereal crops.

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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