While rice is grown in the dry season, rushes used for making rope and mats are grown in the wetter months.
居民因勢利導，從十幾年前起，開闢了不少魚塭，早期飼養吳郭、鯉、鰱、草魚等，近年則改養高經濟價值的鱸魚、虱目魚，一年四季均可生產，農民收益大增。在農作物方面，居民每年趁旱季收一期稻，其他時間則種耐濕的三角藺草。