Meinung is considered to be the most suitable area for growing tobacco in Taiwan, and produces the highest quality tobacco leaves. The yearly production is more than 6,800,000 kilograms. The area used for growing tobacco exceeds 2,400 hectares (6,000 acres). The sum of money spent by the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau is more than NT $ 300 million annually in this area.
在兩期水稻間作期間，居民多種菸草，菸葉大而質地好，是台灣最好的菸區之一，菸田面積經常保有二千四百多公頃，年產菸葉六百八十餘萬公斤，菸酒公賣局每年派遣專人前往收購菸葉，花在當地的菸款在新台幣三億以上。