most of the municipality is dedicated to agriculture primarily the production of beans, corn, fava beans, wheat, apples, plums, peaches, pears and walnuts. other important crops include potatoes, garlic, barley and animal feed. the area has been a major producer of apples since 1600. lately, this production has fallen due to the lack of advanced cultivation methods. the city is surrounded by an estimated 700,000 apple trees, 300,000 plum trees and 150,000 pear trees. livestock mostly consists of cattle and sheep for wool, with some mules and domestic fowl. various communities have fishing and fish farming especially xoxanacatla and tepeixco which produce trout and carp. there is also some beekeeping as well. loggable tree species are mostly harvested for the manufacture of furniture and construction materials. these activities employ 47.2% of the working population.