The supply is more than strong enough, but commercial demand isn’t keeping up.
Professional kangaroo harvesters are busier than ever, and yet some are more than ready to call it a day on their time in the industry.
The kangaroo population has exploded across the Western Plains off the back of several strong seasons.
While harvesters on the ground have no shortage of targets, a low quota and even lower industry demand has left them high and dry.
“We were producing around 35 to 40 tonnes a week up to about three weeks ago. We’ve just been put on quotas, and that number has been cut in half,” a Western Plains professional kangaroo harvester said about the region…