CENTRAL Queensland grassfed beef producer Ian McCamley has called for government action to help avoid cattle market collapses due to processing bottlenecks caused by labour shortages.
His comments came in response to Beef Central’s recent article focussing attention on the potential impact on slaughter (and even feeder) cattle prices this year from labour challenges in meat processing.
The article suggested current weekly slaughter numbers at around 115,000 head are now seen to be close to the threshold set by currently available labour levels in meat processing plants. Any excess…
