PINEAPPLES, PINEAPPLES AND MORE PINEAPPLES, FOR NOW!

THIS YEARS UNUSUAL WEATHER EVENTS HAS NOW CAUSED A HUGE PROBLEM FOR AUSTRALIA’S PINEAPPLE GROWERS.

Pineapple growers plant their crop’s so they ripen at different times of the year, giving them a consistent annual crop. The recent rains and weather events have stressed the crops, and once a crop is stressed it ripens. Future crops that were due to be ready in 3, 6, 8, 12 months have ripened now, but these future crops are undersize for the retail market, so the growers must rely on selling their undersize pineapples for juicing, but with so many pineapples falling into this category that may not be possible.

SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR GROWERS?

This means many Growers will have limited or no income from their future crops, this could impact them for 12 months or more. This is a huge blow for growers and the QLD economy as 95+% of all Pineapples are grown in QLD.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU AND OTHER CONSUMERS?

As it takes 12-18 months to grow a Pineapple this means in the following six to eight months you may not see many or any Pineapples available for sale.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP?

You may see a few extra Pineapples available for sale in your supermarket, so if you include a Pineapple in your grocery shopping, so as many ripe Pineapples are sold now then growers can at least earn the income from the current crops.