Five agricultural supplies stores, four feed and fertilizer dealers, two farm and fencing supplies stores, two irrigation businesses, five freight companies and nine trucking operations are among the local businesses directly dependent on the agricultural sector. The major activity in the area consists of livestock production. In 1981, there were seven local dairy producers. Buffalo, ostrich, sheep and swine accounted for the remaining six percent of livestock receipts. In 1991 an estimated 122,000 acres were under cultivation.
Horticultural production continues to be a growing industry.
Click here for a more detailed discussion about the Vanderhoof Agricultural District . Tourism Vanderhoof is located at the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 27. Travelers going west to the Port of Prince Rupert, or to the Stuart Cassiar link to the Yukon all pass through Vanderhoof, as do people traveling Highway 27 to Fort St. James and points north. Motor vehicle access is also available by way of a network of logging roads throughout the Vanderhoof Forest District. The community can also be accessed by bus, rail and air.