Event chief Belinda Anderson said that after Tuesday’s opening day record attendance, this year’s event couldn’t help but be a success.

She said about 60,000 people had attended over the three days.

“Holding the event in the school holidays has been really good for us,” she said.

“We had a lot of young families attend on Tuesday — the event will be held in the school holidays next year too.”

Event chairman Ross Edwards said the 45 millimetres of rain in the area yesterday would have boosted farmers’ confidence.

He said those in the sheep and cattle industries had some money to spend because livestock prices had been strong.

“It was good to get a bit of rain — it generates confidence,” he said.

“The money generated around the site goes to various community organisations and everyone in the region benefits.”

Farm Tech director Geoff Modra said the Wod- onga business had made sales of about $400,000 and there still was customer interest.

The company, which makes and imports machinery, took $1 million of machines to the field days, loaded on six semi trailers.

“We’ve been coming here since 1990,” he said.

“You need $250,000 in sales to do any good.

“There’s a fair bit of optimism around at the moment — it’s the old saying, there’s money in mud, but not in dust.”

Scott Herning of Sydney-based Crane manufacturer Hiab said the field days was a great opportunity to take technology from the cities to regional areas.

“The event is very important,” he said.

“Potential customers get to see what is available to them.”

Organisers will spend the next fortnight packing up the venue before they start planning for next event early next year.