A GLOBAL shortage of spare parts is starting to have a serious impact on the agricultural industry, with lengthy delays forcing operators to make costly and inconvenient contingency plans.
Beef Central has heard first-hand accounts recently of feedlot operators having to hire equipment while they wait for parts and machinery dealers scrambling to keep up their inventory. Livestock transporters are in a similar boat, with equipment for trucks taking months.
A Southern Queensland feedlot operator said some machinery ‘sitting off to the side’ was only a couple of years old.
“We are…
