VOAG comprises 80 sheds in the Tabbita district north-west of Griffith, NSW. Photo: Colliers

PRECISION Poultry is set to purchase the VOAG portfolio in its first foray into New South Wales as it looks to expand its broiler production across Australia.

VOAG was founded in 2015 by Victorian-based Robert Vojtkiv, who built the portfolio up from eight sheds initially to 40 within three years, and 80 by 2022.

The property, located in the Riverina’s Tabbita district, listed last year with Colliers, and a sale price has not been disclosed.

VOAG covers 212ha, and can turn off 5.2 million chickens per batch cycle to make it one of Australia’s largest broiler producers.

Precision Poultry was established in March by Sydney-based investment firm Roc Partners, and is headquartered in the Brisbane suburb of Moorooka.

Roc Partners investor director agriculture and partner and Precision Poultry director Frank Barillaro said the company hoped to settle on VOAG in the near future, subject to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission approval.

Return to chicken

Roc Partners has significant skin in the poultry game already, having developed and managed the ProTen asset, which client Aware Super sold to US-based investor KKR in 2025 for a figure reported to be around $1.3 billion.

Established in 2001, ProTen at the time of sale operated more than 700 poultry sheds across more than 60 farms dotted around NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Queensland.

Mr Barillaro indicated Precision Poultry may be on a similar growth trajectory.

“At the moment, our Victorian farm supplies to Hazeldenes, and VOAG to Baiada, but the strategy with Precision is to build or buy more shed capacity,” he told Grain Central.

Precision Poultry’s head office is co-located with Santrev’s in the Brisbane suburb of Moorooka. Photo: Santrev

The Precision Poultry board includes Luke Trevanion, general manager of Santrev, also based at Moorooka.

Mr Trevanion brings considerable expertise to the table when it comes to poultry farm infrastructure.

“We’ve taken the fundamental view that as long as the country’s population keeps growing by 1-2 percent a year, we’re there to supply that extra volume.”

Mr Barillaro said the recent trend to more protein-rich diets tied to the growing use of drugs like Ozempic also bodes well for an increase in chicken consumption.

“That GLP-1 suite of drugs…is changing dietary requirements, and with chicken being the cheapest form of meat protein, we think that should be a positive.

“It’s very much our intention to keep expanding.”

He said Precision Poultry hoped to up its production in eastern states, as well as get into South and Western Australia, and supply a range of processors.

Roc Partners’ other investments in the protein space are eastern Australian egg producer Pace Farms, and beef producer Stone Axe Pastoral Company.

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