Australian cropland area set to plateau

Gregor Heard
September 15 2021 - 12:00pm
A lack of easily convertible land suitable to cropping means Australia's area planted to grain crops is set to plateau.
A lack of easily convertible land suitable to cropping means Australia's area planted to grain crops is set to plateau.

HOT ON THE heels of a Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences reporting a winter crop plant of 23.2 million hectares, a national record, a study conducted by ANZ has found Australia is close to reaching its peak grain acreage.

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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