[Gyeongbuk Farmers' Newspaper, Reporter Park Du-gyeong] Recently, Gyeongbuk Province expanded the scale of the Andong Wholesale Agricultural Market by 37% through a facility modernization project, significantly improving transaction efficiency and resolving congestion during the peak Chuseok holiday season. Gyeongbuk Province and Andong City were selected for the Public Wholesale Market Facility Modernization Competition by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in 2018. Investing a total of 30 billion won, the project remodeled existing facilities and added an auction facility of 5,683 square meters, expanding the existing auction facility of 15,232 square meters by approximately 37%. As a result, transaction records have increased significantly. While the transaction volume was 5,700 tons during the second week of September last year, this year