Township Agriculture in Gaojing Town

After modern times, the traditional agriculture in Gaojing Town changed from mainly planting grain and cotton to mainly supplying vegetables to cities. There are more than 10 special varieties, such as round white radish, Jiangwan red tomato, preserved amaranth and dwarf cabbage, which won the the State Council Prize. At the peak of 1980s, more than 30,000 tons of vegetables were listed every year. The sideline industries such as raising pigs and chickens are also very developed. There are 32,300 pigs, 26,500 birds and 569,500 kilograms of eggs listed in 198. Raising 247 cows, producing 610.95 thousand kg of milk; Others, such as rabbit hair and flowers, are also famous. In the traditional handicraft industry, the home textile fabric processing industry used to have special fabrics such as "Jiangwan Rare" and "Beitao", which were sold to the whole country and even overseas before modern times. With the development of large-scale urban construction and rural economy, these industries have basically died out, except for mechanized poultry farming, which continues to develop during the transfer.