agriculture remains the principal economic activity of the municipality, with more than half the land in the municipality (54%) dedicated to it. corn is the primary crop. second is livestock such as sheep, cattle and pigs accounting for 70% of the animals raised here. about one-third of the municipality land is used for the production of forest products such as wood. supplementing this is the parque industrial tenango, which contains industries such as micron, a plastics producer and various food processing plants.