Cotton irrigator pleads guilty to illegally pumping water

Gregor Heard
Updated November 26 2018 - 5:14pm, first published 4:55pm
Sentencing will take place in February. Photo: Shutterstock
Sentencing will take place in February. Photo: Shutterstock

A NORTHERN NSW cotton producer has pleaded guilty to illegally pumping water from the Murray-Darling Basin in a NSW court.

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.