VII.

Economy

The county is still primarily agricultural. Sheep and cattle are raised in the south with markets at Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, and Ludlow; and a flourishing milk-producing area lies in the north. The crops grown are mostly root crops, such as potatoes and sugar beet. The county's industry includes the processing of agricultural products, electronics, plastics, and the manufacturing of electrical equipment and machine tools. Shropshire has one of the country's highest concentrations of foreign manufacturing investment. Coal and stone are produced by opencast mining.