Editing Roma, Queensland (section)

=== Agriculture ===
The Maranoa's agriculture industry is worth approximately $620 million annually, 64.3% being generated from crops. 58.7% of businesses in the Maranoa are in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector, which employs 32.7% of the region's workforce.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdi.qld.gov.au/dsdweb/v3/guis/templates/content/gui_cue_cntnhtml.cfm?id=21072|title=Maranoa<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=17 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910041347/http://www.sdi.qld.gov.au/dsdweb/v3/guis/templates/content/gui_cue_cntnhtml.cfm?id=21072|archive-date=10 September 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 2005 was a record year for Roma saleyards processing 390,000 head of cattle. Roma is home to the largest store cattle saleyards in the Southern Hemisphere. Saledays are Tuesday (for the big sales) and Thursday (for the fat cattle)<ref>{{cite news|date=25 May 2005|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2005/s1376748.htm|title=Record year for Roma saleyards|website=[[ABC Rural]]|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=27 April 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103140638/http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2005/s1376748.htm|archive-date=3 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Forestry plantations include [[Hardwood]] and [[Cypress Pine]]s. Roma and the Maranoa region is home to Australia's most active native Cypress Pine sawmilling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/forestrybook/16610.html|title=Future challenges<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050530081727/http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/forestrybook/16610.html |archive-date=30 May 2005 |access-date=2 February 2020|url-status=dead|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|website=Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries}}</ref>