Xianyang has formed an agricultural production system with grain, fruit, vegetable and husbandry as its stems, By now there are about 6,8 million mu of grain growing fields with an annual output of 1,8 million tons of grains, 2,36 million mu of fruif growing land with an annual output of 1.9 million tons of apple小800,000 mu of vegetable growing field with an annual output of 1.7 million tons of vegetables, There are 466,000 meat cattle, 85,000 cows, 1.43 million pigs and 750,000 goats and sheep, which provide about 165,000 tons of meat and 310,000 tons of milk every year, in Xianyang 11 counties have been listed as national agricultural comprehensive developing counties, 4 counties as national demonstrative counties of agricultural comprehensive development and 9 counties as national grain-production counties, Xianyang has been named as the only national large production base of commercial grain in Northwest China and a large production area of high quality apples in China and the main production base of commercial husbandry products in Shaanxi Province.
There are 38 special vegetable markets in Xianyang with trade value of 1,2 billion yuan per year, Over one million tons of vegetables, which take 80 per cent of the commercial vegetables in Xianyang, are traded in the markets per year, Both the Chenyang Vegetable Market in Qindu District and the Jingyun Vegetable Market in Jingyang County, with the annual trade value of 600 to 700 million yuan, are two large special markets in Northwest China, The information of the two markets are carried in the national net of the vegetable information.



