Locals in the drought-ravaged SA town of Port Wakefield have been left mortified after a prominent local abattoir announced it would cease operations with hundreds of jobs set to be axed.

South Australian meat processor JBS revealed on Tuesday that it would close the long-running Seven Point Pork Abattoir, with 270 jobs set to be axed as a result…

The shock closure came directly after Coles, a key customer of the abattoir, reduced its purchasing orders amid a move to shift its pork processing to other states…

The decision would mean that various Yorke Peninsula Pig Farmers, who are facing troubling woes of their own, would have to drive an additional two hours to send their stock to the Murray Bridge facility, one of the last remaining slaughterhouses in the area.

The town heavily depends on migrant workers and houses a sizeable Filipino community, with many only recently renewing their visas.

Another Seven Point Pork Abattoir worker told the Adelaide Advertiser he was aware of a “few Sudanese boys who had recently renewed their work visas,” adding that they now "actually face the risk of being deported”…