date:Apr 14, 2014
ch he estimated had a farm-gate value of $40 million, was dire. It's probably the most dire that it's been in 50 years, ever since the introduction of Fenthion, which opened up a whole new range of possibilities of growing different crops in the Perth Hills, he said. Now that product is under threat, there are not a lot of options left for growers.
He described crop losses of up to 50 per cent last year as unsustainable.
There is a very good chance that the Perth Hills industry will disappear,