Quail plant takes wing

A BRISBANE Valley farming family will open a $2 million quail-processing plant to service growing demand for the meat in the Asia-Pacific.

Siblings Duncan Brown and Selena Gomersell will open the quail abattoir as the first stage of the Brisbane Valley Protein Precinct (BVPP) at Coominya, near Lake Wivenhoe.

The RSPCA-accredited livestock production and processing will make up stages one, two and three, and stage four will deliver training, research and hospitality facilities.

Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning Cameron Dick congratulated the fourth-generation farmers on the venture.

“Expanding the existing direct paddock-to-plate beef operations by diversifying into poultry meat and game birds will be a win for local workers and supply chain opportunities,” Mr Dick said.

Managing Director Duncan Brown said the venture would put the Brisbane Valley on the world gourmet map.