The kangaroo meat sector has copped a further blow with another processing facility shut down in western Queensland.

Several plants have closed across Queensland in the past two years.

Game Meat Processing says it had no option but to mothball the Blackall business, south-west of Rockhampton.

Company spokesman Rex De Vantier says the export ban to Russia and the high Australia dollar have put enormous pressure on the company and 20 people have lost their jobs.

"There's been a number of plant closures, probably five," he said.

"This is the last plant operating in regional Australia - or regional Queensland - but the headwinds have just continued to strengthen."

But Mr De Vantier says he is still optimistic about the future.

"We have got faith in the opportunities of the kangaroo business going forward and we just hope this is a small blip," he said.

Blackall Mayor Jan Ross says she is devastated.

"It's a big blow to our community which is struggling after the wet year of 2010," she said.

"I'd describe it as a micro-depression."

The company's plant in the south-east is still operating and it says it will keep Blackall ready for a reopen if conditions improve.

"Longreach no longer has a works, St George no longer has a works, Charleville - it's been closed, and now us," Ms Ross said.

Kangaroo harvester Tom Garrett says the closure of the Blackall facility will make it more difficult to find work in the industry.

"Out in western Queensland at the moment, unless you in the resource sector for a mining or an oil or a gas company, you rely on any work you can get," he said.

"I'd like to think that I've been able to earn an income from the commercial harvest of kangaroos and other game meat, but it's getting harder and harder."

He says he is confident the industry will recover despite the closure of the Blackall facility.

"You're always optimistic when you live in a rural area and your industry's attached to the land," he said.

"Our industry is no different to any other rural industry - it has its ebbs and its peaks.

"Unfortunately, at the moment, we're in one of our ebbs."