Australia: Peanut growers keeping crop options open amid industry uncertainty

Kumbia peanut grower Julian Cross is waiting to hear what the future will hold for the peanut industry. Picture supplied by Julian Cross Peanut growers are looking at other crops following speculation about the future of one of the largest peanut processing plants in Queensland. All articles from our website & app The digital version of This Week's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox All articles from the other agricultural news sites in your area Bega Group, based at Kingaroy, recently announced that they had begun a strategic review to investigate a range of alternatives for their PCA business. Kumbia peanut grower Julian Cross said he was waiting to hear what the outcome of the review would mean for the future of his crop. Mr Cross and his wife Shauna have a dryland cropping and cattle operation called Four Winds on their 194 hectare property in Kumbia. Mr Cross said they would shift their sole focus to growing soy or mung beans, if they were unable to grow peanuts ...