The main crops in Zhanggou town are grain, cotton, oilseeds and melons and vegetables, and the multiple cropping index of cultivated land is 224.3%. Grain: 1997, the total grain output is 899,600 tons, the highest in history, with an average yield of 398 kilograms per mu. In 2002, the grain planting area was 6.5438+0.2344 million mu, with a total output of 569,200 tons and an average yield of 4.665438+0 kg per mu, the highest in history. Cotton: In 2002, the cotton planting area was 247,500 mu, a decrease of 6,543,800 mu compared with the previous year; The unit yield was 73 kg, an increase of 5 kg over the previous year; Total output 1.796 million tons, the same as last year.

Oilseeds: In 2002, the sown area of oilseeds was 860,200 mu, of which 763,200 mu was oilseeds, accounting for 88.7%. The total output is 63,600 tons, including 52,300 tons of rapeseed, accounting for 82.2%.

Vegetables: In 2002, the vegetable planting area was 545,600 mu, an increase of 340,000 mu over the previous year, an increase of 654.38+840,000 mu over the end of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and the vegetable output was 565.438+654.38+400,000 tons, an increase of 830,000 tons over the previous year. fishery

Zhanggou Town regards aquaculture as a strategic industry of agriculture. From 1999 to 2002, the city added 300,000 mu of aquaculture area, reaching 556,000 mu. The output of aquatic products was1995 (654.38+10,000 tons) and 2000 (150,000 tons), reaching 200,000 tons in 2002. The output value of aquatic products is 890 million yuan, accounting for 47.4% of the output value of diversified economy and 36.4% of the total output value of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry. The total amount of aquatic products in the city remained the second in the province for more than 20 years, and jumped to the first in the province and the second in the country in 2002.

Agricultural products/agricultural and sideline products

There are more than 380 kinds of agricultural and sideline products in Zhanggou town, ranging from primary products to deep-processed products, and 228 kinds of famous agricultural products, accounting for 60%. Husha's red-hearted salted egg is known as the "king in the egg" and was praised as the "best of royal banquets" in the Qing Dynasty. More than 50 products such as Jiuzhu lead-free preserved egg, Mingdian pear wine, Husha Honglian, Xianyu seasoning, washed hemp seed, Huqin brand high-quality rice, Koufu soy milk and Fanguan wine have won many awards at home and abroad. The famous Mao Kou Braised Chicken, Husha Lake Dried Fish and Hanshuiyuan Douchi have unique flavors. The United States has "soft gold in water", such as American paddlefish, Chinese mitten crab, eel, aunt, eel and mandarin fish. In addition, there are famous melon and vegetable brands "Yiren" brand watermelons, Miancheng lotus root, Husha lotus seed, Sanfutan tomato, Pengchang south melon, Guohe health egg and so on. Monopterus albus culture is a traditional industry in Zhanggou town, which plays an extremely important role in aquaculture. In 2002, the city developed 6,543,800 cages for Monopterus albus, with an output of 50 million tons. Registered "Star" brand and "Mianzhou" brand two product trademarks. The salted eggs in Husha Lake were once a tribute of the Qing royal family. Egg yolk is cinnabar red, which is granulated with sugar. After cutting, it is oily and colorful. 1983 was rated as a high-quality product in Hubei province. The annual output is 6,543,800,000 pieces and the annual foreign exchange earning is 400,000 US dollars, which are exported to Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Europe and America and other countries and regions. Jiuzhu brand lead-free preserved egg protein is gelatinous, brown and translucent, and the surface is dotted with pine needle-like crystal patterns. Egg yolk is solidified but not solid, with distinct layers, and it will not lose its flavor or deteriorate when stored at 55℃ for 6 months. The annual output is 40 million pieces, accounting for one thousandth of the export volume of preserved eggs in China.