Business View Magazine - March-April 2016

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such a population. These demands
have led the Council onto the path of
smart planning and long term thinking.
Dubbo Regional Livestock
Markets
Agriculture has always been, and still
is, a very important part of Dubbo’s
economy. The multimillion dollar
Dubbo livestock market is one of
the largest sale yards in Australia for
throughput, with 1.3million sheep and
over 200,000 cattle being sold there
every year. It is owned and operated
by the Council and has been like that
for fifty years now. The infrastructure
is constantly being upgraded. In 2015
$4 million was spent on upgrading the
sheep selling facilities, and 2016 and
2017 will see another $4 million spent
on upgrading the cattle facilities.
McLeod says these upgrades are
essential for business and the City.
“The Aim of the upgrade is to keep
Dubbo as one of the major stock
selling centres in Australia. It is a
business worth $50 million a year for
the city’s economy, so it’s important
the Council continues to invest in it.
If you’ve got a good yard with a lot
of buyers and sellers, it’s very good
not only for local farmers but also
farmers across the whole of eastern
Australia. They know that if they send
their stock to Dubbo there will be lots
of buyer and lots of competition for
purchase of their stock.