The leading commercial crops include peanuts, sesame, ramie or China grass, tobacco, tea, cotton, and indigo. The raising of livestock in Guangxi is ancillary to farming. Buffaloes are used as draft animals in the paddy field. Pigs, chickens, and ducks are raised on farms and goats are raised in the hills. In many areas, silkworms are raised on mulberry leaves.
Fishing is extensive.
Both inshore and deep-sea fishing are carried on in the Beibu Bay. The catching of fish fry in the region's many streams is characteristic of the freshwater fishing industry. The fishing season begins in the spring when warm weather raises the water level of the rivers and the fish fry are sufficiently grown. The fish-fry industry is heavily concentrated on the Yong Jiang River between Guiping and Wuzhou. Guangxi is an important producer of timber and forest products in China.