In fact, Bukidnon is an agricultural economy. It produces rice, maize, sugar, coffee, rubber, tomato, flowers, cassava, pineapple, and other fruits and vegetables. It is also a major producer of chickens, hogs and cattle.


Among its major firms, Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), Lapanday Diversified Products Corp. and Mt. Kitanglad Agri-Development Corp. are engaged in pineapple production, while Dole Philippines (Skyland) and Mt. Kitanglad Agri-Ventures, Inc. are into banana production. DMPI is also engaged in cattle fattening. Bukidnon Sugar Milling Corporation (BUSCO) and Crystal Sugar Milling are into sugar milling and refining.


Filipinos consider Bukidnon as to be the food basket of Mindanao. It is the major producer of the rice and corn in the region. And it is a home to the world’s biggest pineapple plantation in the world, boasting a standard golf course back 1928.