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Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien, Assistant Minister Luke Hartsuyker and Moffatdale Ridge winemaker Jason Kinsella (Photo: Wide Bay Electorate Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 4, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local Member Llew O’Brien showed off some of the champions of agriculture in his Wide Bay Electorate to visiting Federal MP Luke Hartsuyker during a tour of the region last week.<\/p>\n

Mr\u00a0Hartsuyker is the Assistant Minister to Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.<\/p>\n

The pair visited the Landcare-award winning Rockemer family at Boonara.<\/p>\n

Dean and Tracy Rockemer have been involved in their local Landcare group for a long time and were acknowledged for their work in land rehabilitation in 2008.<\/p>\n

“The Rockemer family have used grazing and land management techniques that they learned in Landcare-supported workshops to turn a rundown lucerne farm into a thriving 1000ha property that runs approximately 1000 head of cattle,” Mr Hartsuyker said.<\/p>\n

“It is great to see a hardworking family using knowledge gained through Landcare to transform an at-risk farm into a successful business.”<\/p>\n

The two MPs also visited Moffatdale Ridge Wines at Moffatdale to learn more about owner Jason Kinsella’s wine production operations and export plans.<\/p>\n

“It’s great to see viticulture, horticulture, primary production, food processing and land management leading the way in Wide Bay and Australia,” Mr O’Brien said.<\/p>\n

The duo also visited Gympie’s\u00a0Nestl\u00e9\u00a0plant plus 2016 Landcare Award winner Steve Burgess and the\u00a0Mary Valley Country Harvest Co-operative\u00a0at\u00a0Dagun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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