Editing Veracruz (section)

===Agriculture===
[[File:Vanilla beans.jpg|thumb|Vanilla beans]]

The primary sector of the economy (agriculture, forestry and fishing) has been important since pre-Hispanic times and continues to be important both as a source of income as well as culturally. The state has abundant rainfall and extremely fertile soils, as well as a long coastline and forest containing a wide variety of trees and other plants.<ref name="schmal"/><ref name="moritzky">{{cite web |url=http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/939-traveling-the-central-high-plains-part-one |title=Veracruz: traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico |first=Charles E. |last=Moritzky |date=January 1, 2006 |publisher=Mexconnect |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-date=August 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819002101/http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/939-traveling-the-central-high-plains-part-one |url-status=live }}</ref>

There is about 1&nbsp;million hectares of cultivable land, half of which is in private hands and 43% is [[ejido]] or communal land. The rest is occupied by human settlements. There are 3,620 ejidos parceled out to 270,000 ejido members. 52.5% of agricultural land is used for the growing of crops or used as pasture and 43.1% is forest or rainforest. Chief agricultural products include coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, tobacco, bananas, coconuts, and vegetables, but local farmers depend mainly on corn and beans.<ref name="brittanica"/> Two corn crops per year are generally produced, planted on 644,936 hectares with a production of 1,114,325 tons. The state is the leading national producer of coffee, sugarcane, corn, and rice.<ref name="schmal"/> Coffee is grown on 152,993 hectares producing 400,575 tons. Export earnings from this crop are about US$232&nbsp;million annually. Most coffee is grown in the mountain areas of Córdoba-Huatusco, Coatepec-Teocelo-Cosautlán and Misantla-Tlapacoyan-Atzalan. Sugarcane is cultivated on 254,000 hectares, producing 16,867,958 tons annually. Veracruz is the largest producer of rice with 24,000 hectares producing 120,000 tons. Much is this crop is protected by import bans from Asia. {{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

The state grows half of the country's citrus fruit and grows the most kinds. This occupies 180,577 hectares and produces 2,575,140 tons annually. Varieties include oranges, tangerines, [[Mandarin orange|mandarin]]s, limes and grapefruit. Most citrus is grown in the north of the state, and much of the lime crop is exported, supporting a packing and shipping industry. Veracruz is the largest mango producer in the country, grown on 31,640 hectares producing 287,000 tons. Most of this is the manila variety, which is preferred in Mexico. 95% of this crop is consumed fresh within Mexico although exports to Canada have begun. {{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} Vanilla beans are native to the state, which is the primary producer for Mexico. Most of this crop is grown in an area known as Totonacapan in and around Papantla.

Livestock raising is an important activity. There are over 300,000 units of production most of which raise cattle, with Veracruz being the main beef producer for the country at 14% of the total. In addition to beef cattle, dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, domestic fowl, and bees are raised.<ref name="brittanica"/>

The state's inland tropical forests supply [[dyewood]]s, hardwoods, and rubber.<ref name="schmal"/> About 20% of the state's territory is forested, with 220,000 of temperate forest and 1,200,000 hectares of tropical forests. Logging in the state produces 128,254 m3 of wood products per year. The most exploited species include pine, oyamel, cypress and oak. Some tropical hardwoods are harvested as well.

Veracruz's long coastline supports a large fishing industry, producing one-fifth of Mexico's catch. Most of the country's [[mojarra]], oysters and shrimp come from here. Other major fish catches include crab, [[white seabass|sea bass]] and [[Northern red snapper|red snapper]].

Agroindustry focuses on the processing of coffee and sugar products, with citrus packers holding an important position as well. {{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}