Week ending Sunday 20 November 2022 report

Receivals slowed last week with growers delivering just under 200,000 tonnes to the Viterra network, taking total deliveries to 566,000 tonnes. Barley, wheat and canola made up the majority of tonnes.

An additional five sites across the Viterra network received their first loads of new season grain during the week.

Viterra Western region Operations Manager, Nick Pratt says Thursday and Friday were the busiest days for the region.

“Our Thevenard, Witera and Wudinna sites received good tonnages of both barley and wheat, and Port Lincoln, Cummins, Arno Bay, Edillilie and Kimba have now all received loads of canola,” Nick says.

“While deliveries in the region slowed slightly on Friday due to weather, we started loading the first new season vessel of South Australian grain at our Thevenard port terminal, continuing over the weekend into Monday.”

The vessel was loaded with 24,000 tonnes of wheat, and marks the start of Viterra’s bumper 2022/23 shipping programme where a record breaking 18 exporters forward booked a record 7 million tonnes of shipping capacity.

“We will continue to export grain throughout harvest, which creates additional storage capacity at our sites for growers’ grain,” Nick says.

Read more about our first new season grain vessel.

Across the Central region, growers delivered grain into 11 sites.

Viterra Central region Operations Manager, Jack Tansley says deliveries increased as the week progressed after another wet and cool weekend.

“Receivals ramped up on Thursday and Friday with growers delivering barley, canola and lentils,” Jack says.

“Barley remained the highest volume, yet lentil deliveries lifted towards the end of the week as growers began harvesting them.”

Viterra Eastern region Operations Manager, Andrew Cannon says similar to the Western and Central regions, harvest receivals in Viterra’s Eastern region peaked late in the week with more favourable weather allowing growers to harvest.

“We had our first loads of canola for the season delivered into our Tailem Bend and Coonalpyn sites, while barley and lentils continued to be received,” Andrew says.

“As weather conditions improve, we will continue to work with growers to ensure our sites are open when they are ready to deliver.”

Viterra launches new traineeship programme to boost regional agriculture careers

Viterra has introduced its own traineeship programme offering career development opportunities in regional communities while aiming to increase the appeal for people to start a career in agriculture.

The certified traineeship aims to boost regional careers in the sector, providing successful applicants the opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge with paid work experience.

Successful trainees will earn a nationally recognised Certificate III in Rural Operations, through a combination of on the job training and formal education over the course of the two year, full-time, paid programme.

Viterra is offering a total of 12 traineeships across its network. Read more about our new traineeship programme.

Disclaimer
* This data is subject to variation due to individual site operations and the timing of reports.
** The total 2022/23 data includes grain received into Viterra’s storage and handling network since 10 October 2022.