Agriculture

Major crops and fruit of district Sheikhupura are sugarcane, wheat, rice and guava. A variety of vegetables are also grown in the district. There are 23 flour mills, 93 rice mills, 4 fruit juices, 4 solvent extraction units and 15 vegetable ghee/cooking oil units already operating in the district. In view of the availability of various raw-materials and existing industries, there exist little additional scope for flour mills and rice husking units. However, there exist good prospects for fructose from rice bran, rice husk briquettes, corn oil, furfural from maize cobs, fruit juice/pickles/squashes and vegetables dehydration units.