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Brian and Jenn McLean (CHM), Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce and Swickers general manager Linchon Hawks … Swickers has turned around in less than five years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 25, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce dropped into Kingaroy today to visit two local success stories … Swickers Kingaroy Bacon Factory and Proteco Gold.<\/p>\n

When the CHM Alliance bought out Swickers in 2009 the business was in liquidation following the collapse of part-owner Hans Smallgoods.<\/p>\n

Swickers general manager Linchon Hawks told Mr Joyce today there had been a complete turnaround at the business since then, and a change in culture.<\/p>\n

This had been achieved with very little change in staff.<\/p>\n

Mr Joyce quizzed Mr Hawks on what the government could be doing better to help.<\/p>\n

He was told that regulatory requirements, in particular their different interpretation in different States, created pressure but the biggest threat to Swickers would be imports of fresh pork.<\/p>\n

Swickers processes an average of 18,500 pigs a week, with 6000 of these being marketed through its sister company Sunpork Fresh. More than 30 truckloads a week carry the rest all over the country.<\/p>\n

Mr Joyce and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington then moved on to Proteco Gold to chat with owner Josh Gadischke.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proteco manufactures a wide range of nut oils and recently expanded to produce refined oils.<\/p>\n

Josh Gadischke told Mr Joyce that he had been using the services of Austrade to expand his export sales, and the R&D Offset Tax had been “crucial” in his expansion.<\/p>\n

The MPs inspected the oil crushing facility, a peanut butter manufacturing line, bottling plant and storage area.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth these businesses, Swickers and Proteco, are great examples of working across the supply-chain and value-adding to products to get better returns at the farmgate for our farmers,” Mr Joyce said.<\/p>\n

The Minister used the visits to help promote the Federal Government\u2019s Agricultural Competitiveness Green Paper<\/a> and Energy Green Paper<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Submissions on the Energy Green paper close on November 4, while submissions on the Agricultural Competitiveness Green Paper close on December 12.<\/p>\n

Mr Joyce later joined more than 160 National Party and LNP supporters at a dinner at Kingaroy Town Hall.<\/p>\n

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Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce and Josh Gadischke visit the bottling room at Proteco Gold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Deb Frecklington, Josh Gadischke and Barnaby Joyce … 40 per cent of Proteco’s product is exported<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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