ALL eyes this week are on the prospects of Cyclone Kirrily disrupting processing operations across Queensland over the next ten days or so.
The cyclone threat, together with the holiday-shorted week for Australia Day on Friday has also stopped phones ringing for cattle bookings in Queensland this week, processor contacts said this morning.
“Nobody’s really in a mood to commit cattle for kills next week, until they find out what’s happening with the cyclone,” one cattle buyer contact said.
“We don’t know until it happens, but at this stage the impact on beef processing heading…
