Saudi Arabia unveils Middle East’s largest livestock city worth SAR 9B

Hafr Al-Batin Investment Forum 2025, organized by the Hafr Al-Batin Chamber, in collaboration with the Federation of Saudi Chambers, launched the largest livestock city in the Middle East at a cost of SAR 9 billion.

This comes as part of the Kingdom's efforts to reach self-sufficiency in livestock products and enhance its food security in line with the goals of Vision 2030, the state-run SPA reported.

The project, owned by Hafr Al-Batin Cooperative Association for Livestock and Marketing, will be located in Hafr Al-Batin Governorate, spanning an area of ​​11 million square meters.

The project is expected to cover 30% of the Kingdom's needs for red meat and provide more than 13,000 jobs in the governorate. It will feature advanced facilities and barns for raising livestock, feed factories, a veterinary hospital, and state-of-the-art red meat processing factories.

Further, the project will run on renewable energy through 15 billion kilowatt hours of green electricity annually. It will produce 140,000 liters of milk daily and 100 tons of feed per hour. Moreover, an automated slaughterhouse will be built on an area of 170,000 square meters. The city will also produce 1.5 million meters of hides.