While the weather was hit and miss for Agfair Broken Hill attendees on Friday and Saturday, close to 5000 people poured through the gates over the two days.
Held every two years at the Silver City's racecourse, the 2024 organising committee reported making 4762 ticket sales.
The event hosted 232 exhibitors, which Agfair chairman John Allison believed to be about 60 more than the 2022 edition.
Mr Allison said the committee was pleased with how the event unfolded and received good feedback from many attendees and exhibitors.
Lawrence Industrial was named best outdoor exhibitor, with Western Landcare getting the nod for best indoor exhibitor.
Best commercial exhibitor went to Active Machinery, while Little L's Australia won best woolshed exhibitor.
Sales and spending was variable by all reports, with food sales strong and certain items like feral pig bait delivery services selling well, but purchases of big ticket items were subdued following the trend of other agricultural field days this year.
Mr Allison said some producers may have had less discretionary money to spend on the back of factors like waning rangeland goat prices.
The growth in exhibitor numbers was put down to no Covid restrictions at all being in place this edition and was contributed to by an increase in livestock exhibitors, particularly shedding sheep studs.
"We're three years out of a drought so people's livestock numbers are on the rise," Mr Allison said.
"We've had two pretty good seasons and an average season so with stock numbers increasing exhibitors were bringing up their bulls and rams to accommodate clients and try to pick up new clients."
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The organising committee will hold a debrief in the coming weeks to discuss how the event went and what could possibly be in store for 2026.
"Agfair is massive for Broken Hill," Mr Allison said.
"All the accommodation was sold out, you could barely get a seat at a restaurant Friday night and Saturday night and it's huge for the whole region.
"It gives everyone a look at new innovations in the agricultural industry and also serves as a big get together.
"You get people from Tibooburra way, the Ivanhoe area, Mildura way, South Australia. You bump into people you haven't seen for 12 months or more so it's a great social event too."
Mr Allison paid tribute to the organising committee and everyone's efforts in making the event a reality.
'I'm extremely thankful," he said.
"We've had a couple of new additions to the committee and still have a lot of the old heads there and they're just fantastic.
"A couple of weeks out you wonder how it's possibly going to get done, but a couple days out it's all ready so we're a well-oiled team.
"We are looking for new members to come onto the committee and particularly from the younger generation."
