Agriculture
A rich variety of fruits and vegetables are cultivated in Hosur. The land is very fertile and there is significant access to fresh water as well as trained labor. Crops consist of tomatoes, cabbages, onions, mangoes, capsicum, carrot, cucumber, beans, coriander leaves, noolkol, radish. It has a large vegetable wholesale market of 250 shops which caters south India with daily 100 lorry loads. Hosur and its surrounding area contribute to making the Krishnagiri district the largest producers of mangos in India.
Floriculture
Hosur exports most of the roses from India. Amudagondapally village near Hosur is the home to TANFLORA, the largest exporter of roses to various European countries during Valentine's Day. The roses grown by the growers are collected and processed in the post harvest facilities of Tanflora, packed and marketed under the brand name of Tanflora, primarily exported to Europe, Australia, Middle East, Far East and Japan. Also due to increase in domestic market, good quantities of flowers are sold in domestic market mainly in Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai etc.
District Livestock Farm (Hosur)
Hosur Cattle Farm was started in 1824 by the British in an area of 1641.41 acres. The Tamil Nadu government maintains this green belt, along with a livestock research station focused on rare breeds of cattle, horse, poultry, sheep. A golf club is being planned by the district administration.
Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre (CSGRC), Hosur
The center was established in 1991 at hosur. It has a mandate to collect, protect and conserve mulberry and silkworm germplasm resources. This is also a National Repository Centre for mulberry germplasm and a National Active Germplasm Site (NAGS) for mulberry germplasm under NBPGR. Over 10 Scientists are engaged in collection and conservation activity. For exchange and dissection of information the center has developed on-line multiple query based Mulberry Germplasm Information System (MGIS) with retrieval facility
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