Grains storage expert receives GRDC Seed of Light Award

Updated March 13 2018 - 7:18am, first published March 12 2018 - 12:00pm
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Northern Panel chair John Minogue presents the 2018 Northern Seed of Light award to widely respected senior development agronomist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Philip Burrill. Photo: supplied
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Northern Panel chair John Minogue presents the 2018 Northern Seed of Light award to widely respected senior development agronomist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Philip Burrill. Photo: supplied

Improving the profitability of Australian grain growers is an ambitious goal, but for Philip Burrill it has been the driving motivation for a career that has spanned nearly 40 years and earned him a reputation as a “dirt on your boots, practical, pragmatic researcher”.

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