In 2002, the gross output value of agriculture, forestry,
animal husbandry and fishery reached 2.48 billion yuan. With
the production of grain and oil stabalized, the pillar industries
such as vegetables, fruits, animal husbandry and aquatic products
have been formed.
Grain & Oil:
The grain and oil crops mainly contain wheat, corn,
sweet potato, peanut and so on. In 2002, the sown area of
grain and oil crops stood at 60,000 hectares, bringing an
output of 299,000 tons among which summer grain was 99,000
tons and autumn grain 200,000 tons. The sown oil plants covered
an area of 118,000 hectares which brought an output of 62,000
tons.
Vegetable:
Haiyang attaches great importance to the production of vegetables
and develops vegetable-growing in sheds. Now, Haiyang has
become an important vegetable base of Jiaodong in dull season.
In 2002, the sown area of vegetables was 10,000 hectares,
bringing an output of 554,000 tons.
Fruits:
Haiyang abounds in apple, peache, pear, grape, cherry and
so on. The apple is an important fruit of Haiyang, in particular,
"Red Fuji" enjoys a good reputation, so Haiyang
is named "The Hometown of Chinese Red Fuji Apple".
In 2002, the fruit output for the whole year was 78,000 tons
and that of apples was 70,000 tons.
Animal Husbandry:
The animal husbandry mainly include pig, cattle, sheep, rabbit,
fowl and silkworm cocoon. A way combining a large-scale management
and disperse breeding has been created. In 2002, 133,000 heads
of pig were pened for breeding and 171,000 were unpened for
meat. 51,000 heads of big animals were pened. The meat output
of the whole year totalled 19,000 tons, the output of fowls
29,000 tons, the milk output 9,000 tons and the output of
silkworm cocoon 1,408 tons.
Fishery:
Haiyang is aboundant in aquatic products, such as
mackerel, Pacific herring, prawn, scallop, oyster, shuttle-like
crab and so on. In 2002, Haiyang paid great attention to the
breeding of renowned products and long-range fishing which
brought an output of 292,000 tons. Among the 292,000 tons,
157,000 tons is from fishing, and 131,000 tons from sea water
breeding and 4,000 from fresh water breeding.
Forestry:
In 2002, the forestry enjoyed a quick development and the
planting area for the whole year hit 3,965 hectares with 500,000
trees.
The production conditions and the infrastructure in the countryside
were further improved. By the end of 2002, the power for agricultural
machines totalled 419,000 kw and the electric power consumption
was 150 million kwh. The amount of fertilizer used for the
whole year totalled 36,000 tons and the effective irrigation
area 36,000 hectares occupying 59.8% of the total area.