The alleged incident at his Kaylee Park property, Wowan, has caused him to generate a swag of correspondence over the issue which, he says, stands to place him in danger of financial ruin.

Since purchasing the property in 2001, Mr Eastcott says he has suffered numerous spray drift incidents, forcing him to reconsider further investment in forage sorghum and other pasture crops, also irrigation technology.

He estimates crop losses arising from the alleged incident to be in the order of $60,000.

Mr Eastcott employed an independent consultant to verify his claims that Kaylee Park had been affected by spray drift.

The 16-page report concludes there had been herbicide damage across 60 percent of the paddocks in question, affecting both crops and native vegetation on the property.

“The products that have affected the crops are not known but the symptoms are consistent with glyphosate damage,” the report says.

It goes on to say that crop yield and quality has been “reduced significantly” when the inspection took place some three to four weeks after the alleged incident.

In the meantime, Mr Eastcott has written to numerous authorities voicing his concerns with correspondence viewed by Queensland Country Life lending weight to the difficulties producers face when dealing with one of broadacre agriculture’s most sensitive issues.

To date letters from Mr Eastcott, detailing his alleged spray drift and health issues, have elicited replies from:

• The Office of the Premier which noted his concerns, referring him to the Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and regional Queensland, also the Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services.

• The associate director-general, Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, underscoring that the independent consultant’s report could not conclusively confirm the cause of Kaylee Park’s crop damage, subsequently referring Mr Eastcott’s details to Queensland Health.