Australia is the world's leading producer of macadamia nuts. We export 70 per cent of our crop of approximately 40,000 tonnes, to more than 40 countries per year. It's the level of monounsaturated ...

Macadamia nuts are a tree nut native to Australia but are now grown in different areas of the world, including Hawaii and parts of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Macadamia nuts have a mild ...

Smaller varieties are available, but dwarf varieties produce smaller nuts. The macadamia industry, through the Australian Macadamia Society, is investing in a breeding program to develop new ...

Of the estimated 38,000 hectares of macadamias planted in Australia, 26,600 hectares have matured enough to bear nuts. Australia and South Africa grow 50 per cent of the global crop, followed by ...

[who are] familiar with many nuts," Ms Hamilton-Bate said. There are 44,000ha of macadamia trees in Australia and plantings have more than doubled in eight years. Seventy per cent of the national ...

The governor has not indicated whether he will sign it. Macadamia nut trees are native to Australia and were introduced to Hawaii in 1881 by a Scotsman who managed a Big Island sugar mill.