Located in northern Hsinchu County, the jiujiang winter wind prevents farmers in Liuchia from switching to cash crops such as fruit and betelnut. While these options exist for the farmers of Meinung, Liuchia's farmers can only grow rice.
比美濃更慘的是，竹北的六家莊有所謂的「九降風」，無法像美濃地區轉作水果、檳榔等經濟作物，只能種稻。