Windsor. $100 million duck business

Pepes Ducks Pty Ltd, at South Windsor, is the largest producer of ducks in Australia/New Zealand, has more than doubled its production over the past five years to some 70,000 ducks per week, earning an annual turnover of $100 million. The company hopes to boost its staff numbers from 120 to 170 when a new factory is built to export ducks to Asia. The business includes 21 farms from the Hawkesbury to Badgerys Creek and Cobbitty. The family-owned business has been operating for three decades.