FORMER CBH director Trevor Badger has been identified as the victim of a light plane crash in southern Western Australia.
Mr Badger, who farmed at Pingrup, in WA's Lakes District, around four to five hours south-east of Perth, was best known in the agriculture sector for his role on the CBH board, a position he held for over ten years before being voted off last year.
He was the only person in the ultra-light plan when it crashed near his farm on the Nyabing-Pingrup Road on Saturday and was trapped for some time, sustaining fatal injuries.
Tributes have flowed in for Mr Badger.
Grain Producers Australia chairman Andrew Weidemann said his death was a 'terrible tragedy' and that Mr Badger had been a hard worker on behalf of the WA grains industry.
"It is very sad for Trevor's family and also for the national grains industry as a whole," Mr Weidemann said.