Noosa News
Australia’s historic ‘peanut capital’, Kingaroy, is running out of nuts because of climate change
The Queensland town of Kingaroy is famous for its nuts — its farmers planted some of Australia’s first commercial crops in 1901.
Key points:
- Kingaroy nut growers are considering different crops amid concern for the future
- Peanut production in the area is dwindling because of unpredictable summer rainfall
- Bega says its massive processing plant will stay in Kingaroy, despite fewer local nuts
But drought and a shifting rainfall pattern in the South Burnett region are changing things.
Second-generation peanut grower Peter Howlett said usually farmers would be in the middle of the harvest at this time of year.
“Our crop has been later,” he said.
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