Primex is the premier agricultural field days and largest commercial exhibition in northern New South Wales, covering almost every aspect of primary industry in Australia. Primex is located centrally to all major business districts on the North Coast of N.S.W. providing easy access to all visitors specifically from N.S.W. and Queensland. The attraction of Primex is its diversity of industry coverage making Primex unique, with a range of equipment, services and technology on display not seen at any other similar event in Australia. Primex continues to build on its already established reputation as an agricultural exhibition that attracts both short and long term buyers. Companies see Primex as "the place to sell" as more than 80% of visitors attend to buy and seek information – Primex gets results! ... Creating an atmosphere which encourages positive contact between buyers and exhibitors is the major aim of Primex, with a concentration on agriculture and the inclusion of technological development and services available, Primex is the producer’s field days. Primex is totally geared to service all requirements of every exhibitor and has evolved to be semi sectionalised in its layout, allowing manufacturers who supply industry specific product to focus their marketing in the most desirable area of the exhibition. The NSW North Coast is a narrow coastal plain backed in the west by the Great Dividing Range and extending some 500 kilometres from the Manning Valley in the south to the Queensland border. The region supports a wide range of agricultural activities, from intensive agriculture to broadacre cropping and grazing. Cropping and grazing is generally carried out in the flatter, inland areas although there are extensive plantings of sugar cane on the coastal plains. In the north of the region, between the Richmond and Tweed valleys, lies a plateau of rich volcanic origin which supports a range of sub-tropical fruit and vegetable crops. Economic benefits The direct and indirect benefits to the community which flow from a dynamic agricultural sector are well-recognised. The farmgate value of agricultural production on the North Coast is in excess of $670 million. This rises to about $1 billion when processing is included, particularly in the meat, milk, sugar and macadamia industries. Approximately 1 in 12 working people on the North Coast are employed in agriculture. Again this is higher when processing is included. For example, more than 1000 people work in the North Coast’s meat processing sector alone. As well, there are many more people working for rural suppliers, transporters, machinery centres and other sectors that rely on agriculture for a living. The contribution of agriculture to the region is immense. Statistical reporting The statistics quoted in this page have been gathered from a number of sources, including industry itself, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other agencies. While it is difficult to put accurate farmgate dollar figures on some industries for the specific North Coast region defined, every effort has been made by NSW Department of Primary Industries officers to provide educated estimates from an interpretation of current, relevant information from the above sources.