The region is predominantly agricultural. The brown soil in parts of the region is particularly suitable for the cultivation of such "unalu" (early summer) crops as wheat, gram ("Cicer arietinum") and til ("Sesamum indicum"). Relatively poor soil is used for the cultivation of such "syalu" (early winter) crops as millet ("Andropogon sorghum"), maize ("Zea mays"), mung bean ("Vigna radiata"), urad ("Vigna mungo"), batla ("Pisum sativum") and peanuts ("Arachis hypogaea"). Overall, the main crops are jowar, rice, wheat, coarse millet, peanuts and pulses, soya bean, cotton, linseed, sesame and sugarcane. Sugar mills are located in numerous small towns.