Mixed reaction to industry push for fodder stocks database

Gregor Heard
Updated January 31 2020 - 3:54pm, first published January 28 2020 - 6:00pm
Farm leaders are broadly supportive of the idea of a fodder stocks register but some growers feel the idea would see them handing over information for nothing in return.
Farm leaders are broadly supportive of the idea of a fodder stocks register but some growers feel the idea would see them handing over information for nothing in return.

GRAIN industry leaders have thrown their support behind a push from the nation's peak fodder body to organise a national database of fodder stocks, but there is uncertainty among grass roots hay producers who have said it would force them to hand over their market information for nothing in return.

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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