Australia's historic 'peanut capital', Kingaroy, is running out of nuts because of climate change
Australia's historic 'peanut capital', Kingaroy, is running out of nuts because of climate change Peter Howlett is considering if future rainfall will be enough to continue to grow nuts. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Queensland town of Kingaroy is famous for its nuts — its farmers planted some of Australia's first commercial crops in 1901. Key points: 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...