Diesel particulate filters blamed for stubble fires

Gregor Heard
Updated January 25 2018 - 10:43am, first published January 19 2018 - 12:00pm
Farmers are being warned of the risk new utes fitted with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) pose in terms of fire.
Farmers are being warned of the risk new utes fitted with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) pose in terms of fire.

A DESIGN flaw in a new piece of diesel engine technology created to reduce soot emissions in new utes has left hundreds of Australian farmers stranded, unable to drive over their stubbles safely.

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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