Week ending Sunday 3 December 2017 report

More than 773,000 tonnes of grain was received into Viterra sites last week, helping total receivals pass 3 million.

Two of the season’s largest receival days came on Tuesday 28 November and Wednesday 29 November with over 240,000 and 256,000 tonnes delivered respectively.

Many Viterra sites extended opening hours on these days to give growers the opportunity to get their crops delivered before rain arrived later in the week.

Ardrossan, Bowmans, Strathalbyn and Monarto South all achieved record daily receivals.

Viterra also had its highest canola receival day on record on 28 November with 26,246 tonnes delivered to sites across the network. 

Western region sites received nearly 200,000 tonnes of grain over the past week.

Peas and barley are largely complete, with lentil and bean deliveries increasing significantly last week. 

The Central region received over 400,000 tonnes of grain over the past week – its largest week of the season so far.

Ardrossan and Bowmans each broke a daily receival record on 29 November, with 22,656 and 16,011 tonnes received in a day.

This is a huge achievement by employees, growers and carriers. Wallaroo also loaded its first vessel of the season last week with over 27,000 tonnes of wheat. 

Over 173,000 tonnes of grain was delivered to Eastern region sites last week, bringing total receivals to 621,000.

Daily receival records were broken at Strathalbyn and Monarto South. Strathalbyn took in 2,379 tonnes on 29 November and Monarto South took in 1,097 tonnes on 30 November – a credit to all employees, growers and carriers.

Disclaimer
* This data is subject to variation due to individual site operations and the timing of reports.
** The total 2017/18 data includes grain received into Viterra’s storage and handling network since 25 September 2017.
*** Eastern region data includes Inner Harbour and Victorian sites.