Central Queensland piggery Bettapork takes efficiency to new level

By Inga Stünzner
Updated October 15 2015 - 12:39pm, first published 12:06pm
No waste: Laurie Brosnan runs the family-owned piggery, where efficiency is the key to its success. The grain feed is mixed on farm, and the methane from the pigs' effluent is converted into electricity to power the piggery.
No waste: Laurie Brosnan runs the family-owned piggery, where efficiency is the key to its success. The grain feed is mixed on farm, and the methane from the pigs' effluent is converted into electricity to power the piggery.

Efficiency is taken to a whole new level at Bettapork. The 20,000 head piggery lies a stone’s throw from the central Queensland town of Biloela and is a far cry from its original established almost 60 years ago.

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