Monthly receivals report
Monday 6 January to Sunday 2 February 2025 report
| 6 January - 2 February 2025 | Total 2024/25 harvest** | |
|---|---|---|
| Viterra total receivals* | 60,520 tonnes | 3,300,161 tonnes |
| Western region receivals | 19,534 tonnes | 1,526,808 tonnes |
| Central region receivals | 19,533 tonnes | 1,156,192 tonnes |
| Eastern region receivals | 21,453 tonnes | 617,161 tonnes |
Despite below average grain production across the state, the largest shipment since the 2021/22 season has been exported from the Viterra network loaded with 71,500 tonnes of local growers’ wheat.
Viterra employees finished loading the vessel at Outer Harbor last month, with the shipment the equal largest to ever be exported from the terminal.
Viterra General Manager Supply Chain, Derek Robjohns says this is an exciting achievement for both Viterra and southern Australian growers in what has been a challenging season.
“The South Australian (SA) harvest was overall better than expected with growers producing a high quality crop despite low rainfall, which shows why SA grain has such a great reputation around the world for its reliable quality,” Derek says.
“Exporting a large parcel like this demonstrates the continued demand for SA growers’ grain in the Viterra network and the strength of our supply chain, particularly when we use rail to move grain to our deepwater Outer Harbor port.
“Offering a flexible and efficient service, including being able to meet buyers’ individual volume and quality requirements, helps increase competition for SA and western Victorian growers by attracting buyers to purchase more local grain.”
Viterra has been working with its 45+ buyer customers to connect what has been produced with end use markets, and has now loaded over 900,000 tonnes of growers’ grain onto vessels on behalf of exporters.
“We have loaded SA grain destined for 15 countries so far, with 430,000 tonnes exported from our Eyre Peninsula ports, 300,000 tonnes from our Adelaide ports and 170,000 from our Yorke Peninsula ports across a total of 24 vessels,” Derek says.
“We have more shipments coming up across all our port terminals to move southern Australian grain to international end users, whilst also delivering grain to meet domestic requirements which have remained steady throughout the season.”
As well as providing a world-class storage and handling network, Viterra further supports the SA agriculture industry as the largest buyer of grain in the state.
Viterra Grains Trading Manager ANZ, Simon Gellert says the 71,500 tonne vessel was loaded with wheat purchased from local growers by Viterra, destined for end users in the Middle East.
“This shipment saw around $32 million worth of SA wheat headed internationally,” Simon says.
“We purchase direct from growers and have connected local grain with end users across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and the Pacific so far this season.
“As part of Viterra’s strong international network, growers benefit from our direct relationships with end users around the world, and our ability to offer competitive pricing backed by the financial security of our global business.”
Through buying grain from local growers and investing in its supply chain, Viterra is proud to have contributed $1.2+ billion to the SA economy last season.
As Viterra moved grain to market, growers delivered 60,000 tonnes to its sites during January, taking total 2024/25 season receivals past 3.3 million tonnes.
Disclaimer
* This data is subject to variation due to individual site operations and the timing of reports.
** The total 2024/25 data includes grain received into Viterra’s storage and handling network since 10 October 2024.
