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.
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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.
Gregor Heard
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.
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.
