Female farmers gather to celebrate women in ag at Longerenong

Gregor Heard
September 5 2019 - 3:00pm
Kerry McFarlane and Julie Cummins from Quambatook check out one of the headers on show at the Emmetts Celebrating Women in Agriculture day.
Kerry McFarlane and Julie Cummins from Quambatook check out one of the headers on show at the Emmetts Celebrating Women in Agriculture day.

THE INSPIRING story of a former Vietnamese refugee now part of a broadacre farming business in South Australia's Barossa Valley was a highlight at this week's Emmetts Celebrating Women in Agriculture Ladies Day event at the Longerenong field days site in Victoria's Wimmera region.

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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