THE body of missing Serpentine farmer Ian Whinfield has been found.

Police and State Emergency Services volunteers located a man's body believed to be that of the 82-year-old just before midday on Tuesday during a planned search in the Pyrenees Range State Forest.

Maryborough Detective Scott De La Rue said the body was found about 7km from where Mr Whinfield's vehicle was located on Emery Track,...