Western Australia Country Hour

Gusty winds in recent weeks have caused some significant fruit losses for avocado growers in the South West. Trevor Bendotti farms at Pemberton, about 320 kilometres south of Perth. He says he's lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fruit in the last week. Agri-chemical manufacturer Bayer will stop selling its glyphosate-based products in the United States residential lawn and garden market by 2023. The WA Fishing Industry Council is calling on the State Government to release the results of a fish stock assessment in the West Coast Demersal Scalefish fishery.