Peanut plants were grown in beds.
Farming close to the coast south of Bundaberg in Queensland (QLD), Jack and Chris Russo run the Cruso Industries family business.
QLD has long been associated with sugar cane production and this farm used to be a big producer of that crop.
However, falling profitability has resulted in substantial acreage decline in this traditional area where the local sugar processor in Bundaberg finds a home for some of its molasses for the production of rum in the same town.
The local plant used to produce up on 1.5Mt of sugar, but that is now down to 1Mt and lower.