The Economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising and growing of corn and soybeans. Local commerce, with restaurants, bars, clothing and shoe shops, banks, supermarkets, among others, supply the basic necessities of the population. There are small industries of brick making, milk produces and clothing manufacturing. The largest employer in the town was the government. There were 02 bank branches in August 2007.
In 2006 there were 137,000 head of cattle. The main agricultural products were rice, bananas, sugarcane, beans, coconuts, oranges, lemons, manioc, corn, and soybeans (11,000 hectares in 2006). Seplan
Agricultural data 2006
- Farms: 1,113
- Total area: 198,109 ha.
- Area of permanent crops: 1,462 ha.
- Area of perennial crops: 31,490 ha.
- Area of natural pasture: 124,040 ha.
- Area of woodland and forests: 35,582 ha.
- Persons dependent on farming: 3,400
- Number of tractors: 318
- Cattle herd: 137,000 IBGE
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