Manure waste call must factor in local conditions

Gregor Heard
February 24 2021 - 6:00pm
CALL FOR COMMON SENSE: Craig Henderson, Wilkur, says he hopes changes to the Victorian environmental protection act do not restrict his ability to use chicken litter from his broiler farm to spread on his cropping paddocks.
CALL FOR COMMON SENSE: Craig Henderson, Wilkur, says he hopes changes to the Victorian environmental protection act do not restrict his ability to use chicken litter from his broiler farm to spread on his cropping paddocks.

A NORTH-WEST Victorian chicken and grain farmer has urged the Victorian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to make blanket rulings in its recommendations that would see farm manure classified as industrial waste.

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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