Wendy Bryce						
DB & W Bryce Pty Ltd
Tatong 1129 Old Stanthorpe Rd Warwick                             
0746679250
0746679255
tatong@activ8.net.au

Andrea Coulter
Pigmeat Safeguards InquiryProductivity Commission			
LB2 Collins St East
Melbourne Vic 8003

Ph: 03 9653 2181
Fax: 03 9653 2302
Email address: pigmeatsafeguards@pc.gov.au
Website: www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/pigmeatsafeguards

To whom it may concern:

Submission to the Productivity Commission: Safeguards Inquiry into the Import of Pigmeat

This is a submission from Wendy Bryce to the Productivity Commission‘s Safeguards Inquiry into the Import of Pigmeat.  

I run a 70 sow piggery farrow to finish with one part time employee and have done so successfully for the past 28 years.  The piggery forms an important part of our diversified agricultural business operation. 
I continually benchmark the performance of my business against the national herd data published by the APL and conclude that the performance of my herd is well above the national average.
Never in my long association with the Pig Industry has the situation been as hopeless as it now is.
Imports are killing the Australian pig industry.
I personally appeal for appropriate safeguards to be implemented to stabilize an Industry that can not possibly survive in this country given the current situation.

Yours sincerely

Wendy Bryce