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Agricultural epicentre

FarmFest is situated in Kingsthorpe in the heart of the Darling Downs.

It is a rich pastoral and agricultural region, with Toowoomba as the hub of commercial and light industrial activity in South East Queensland.

Well known in the Australian agricultural industry for its dedication to Queensland farming, FarmFest has been a major force in field days for the past 47 years.

The Darling Downs region has a reputation as one of Australia’s major agricultural machinery manufacturing locations.

It is also surrounded by areas renowned for peanuts, navy beans, grain, pork, stone fruit, grape and wine industry production, vegetables, lucerne, sorghum, wheat, barley, beef cattle, wool, prime lamb production, cotton, sheep, as well as horticulture and pastoral farming.

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