The soil in Hetao area is fertile and the irrigation system is developed.>
2019-08-12
Hetao area has rich soil and developed irrigation system. It is suitable for planting wheat, rice, valley, soybean, sorghum, corn, sugar beet and other crops. It has always been the main agricultural area in Northwest China. Today, Hetao area is known as the "grain river outside the Serbia". Animal husbandry and aquaculture are also developed in Hetao area. Hetao Plain, flat terrain, fertile land, vertical and horizontal channels, farmland throughout. There are more than 9.6 million mu of arable land, and now more than 5 million mu has been cultivated. There are abundant crops such as wheat, corn, sorghum, soybean, myrrh, sunflower, sugar beet, hops, melons and fruits, Chinese cabbage and so on. This is the main wheat producing area in the autonomous region. Melon, Chinese cabbage, hops, sunflower, wolfberry and so on. Hetao Plain is famous for its abundant grain production. It is known as "stuffed granary" or "south of the Saibei River", and it is a fertile place for plaster-laden colonial soil. Hetao also contains coal.