Fancy a pineapple pizza or a pina colada? Better get in now

Ben Clifton grows and harvests pineapples on his 161 hectare farm in central Queensland to meet Queensland's year-round demand for tropical fruits.

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Pineapple growers say there will be more fruit on the shelves in January as a wet winter leads to an early harvest

Yeppoon grower Ben Clifton says this will be followed by a supply shortage for the next 18 months

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Yeppoon's humid climate means Mr. Clifton can produce sweet, juicy fruit at his Bungundarra farm to fill the shelves 52 weeks of the year.

But he and other Queensland growers are facing supply issues after a wet spell e and cold. winter.

Plants that would typically be harvested in April have flowered early and will be pretty ready to hit supermarkets in January.

Good that this means there will be plenty of pineapples on the shelves for the summer, Mr Clifton said this will lead to an undersupply for the next 12 to 18 months.

"It's the cyclical nature of farming, we've just come out of 18 months of good yields [and] consistent rainfall," he said.

"So we had oversupply for 18 months, we're going back to undersupply for 18 months.

"Once in a while Mother Nature throws a wrench that works, that's what we're encountering right now."

Pineapple growers face supply challenges after a wet and cold winter.( ABC Capricornia: Rachel McGhee)

Growers working together

Mr. Clifton said growers across the state are working together to ensure the supply of pineapples will be evenly distributed.

"With the different regions where the fruit is grown around from Australia, it's really important that we all work together to make sure that this supply remains constant so that people can get what they need," he said.

"There's a bit of concern about that...it's not going to be a drastic shortage, it's just less than our optimal number."

There will be more pineapples on supermarket shelves this summer. (ABC Capricornia: Rachel McGhee )

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