New safflower 18 months from commercial plantings

Gregor Heard
December 29 2016 - 3:30pm
A new safflower variety, developed by CSIRO and the GRDC and commercialised by GO Resources is likely to be available for commercial plantings in 2018.
A new safflower variety, developed by CSIRO and the GRDC and commercialised by GO Resources is likely to be available for commercial plantings in 2018.

THE MANAGING director of a company commercialising a safflower variety with unprecedented levels of oleic acid expects the first commercial plantings to take place in July 2018 after another successful trial.

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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