Primary industry development in Xiying Township

The traditional planting industry in Xiying Township includes wheat, corn, soybeans, grains and sorghum. Cultivated land area was 35,611 acres in 1949, 33,507 acres in 1978, and 37,653 acres of commonly cultivated land since the 21st century, distributed in the hilly areas on the west bank of Beizhang River.

The per capita cultivated area was 5.1 mu in 1949, 2.9 mu in 1978 and 3.2 mu in 2010. The total grain output was 2,696 tons in 1949, 4,601 tons in 1978 and 8,753 tons in 2010.

To 2010 the town built a high-standard parkland 10,000 acres of farmland, corn planting area of more than 15,000 acres, acreage over a thousand pounds. Fruits are mainly apples, peaches, pears and apricots, with an annual output of 40 tons in 2010.

Through policy guidance, government support, the town initially formed a thousand acres of melon and fruit fields in the West Mountain, East Mountain characteristics of small grains, along the river, along the ditch of ten thousand acres of corn grain field planting a new pattern. Facility agriculture through continuous development, planting area developed to 700 acres this year.

National Comprehensive Agricultural Development Project, invested 5.76 million yuan on the river bank of Nanping, Fengqu, Chengdi three villages in the transformation of low- and medium-yield fields, supporting the refurbishment of 5 kilometers of field roads, irrigation canals 2,000 meters, the new high-irrigation equipment, the overall enhancement of 5,000 acres of land output rate.

Forestry mainly focuses on returning farmland to forests, afforestation and reforestation, with the cumulative area of afforestation reaching 1,300 mu in 2010.

In Cuiling, Changping, Xingmin, Nanyan, Dongshang, Reel Axis Au and other villages developed 1300 mu of dry fruit economic forests, fruit can be expected to mu average income of 2000 yuan. Breeding mainly pigs, cattle, sheep and various types of poultry, *** counting more than 21,000 head (only).