Weekly harvest report
Week ending Sunday 1 December 2024 report
| 25 November - 1 December 2024 | Total 2024/25 harvest** | |
|---|---|---|
| Viterra total receivals* | 207,392 tonnes | 2,049,969 tonnes |
| Western region receivals | 85,577 tonnes | 1,008,250 tonnes |
| Central region receivals | 85,027 tonnes | 808,520 tonnes |
| Eastern region receivals | 36,788 tonnes | 233,199 tonnes |
2024/25 harvest deliveries to the Viterra network have reached 2 million tonnes, with growers delivering 200,000 tonnes to our sites last week.
Viterra General Manager Operations, Gavin Cavanagh says activity slowed across our network following a big week the week prior.
“We saw deliveries to our sites decrease with scattered rain holding up growers who are still harvesting, and some wrapping up for the season,” Gavin says.
“Wheat continues to make up more than half of the tonnes delivered, followed by canola then barley.
“We are in close contact with growers to understand what is left to deliver so we can match our operations to suit.”
Another milestone was marked for the 2024/25 harvest, as we loaded our first new season vessel.
Viterra General Manager Supply Chain, Derek Robjohns says the local team finished loading the 33,000 tonne vessel with wheat on Thursday last week.
“It’s great to see the first vessel of local growers’ new season grain leave our network from our Port Lincoln terminal and start its voyage to UAE,” Derek says.
“We also have four more vessels soon to arrive, two at Port Lincoln and two at Wallaroo, for another wheat shipment and early lentil shippings.
“We’ve liaised with our buyer customers to facilitate early lentil vessels from our Western and Central regions which supports the increase in plantings we saw this harvest.
“We’re continuing to work with our 45+ buyer including 15 export customers this season to connect grower and buyer customers by matching market requirements with what has been produced.
“Another example of this is the change we made to our dynamic binning service for this season, to give growers a greater opportunity for an upgrade for loads outside of malt receival standards by increasing the Malt1 barley tolerances for retention, screenings and test weight while ensuring the stack still meets Malt1 standards.
“We were able to introduce this change with the support of our buyer customers to offer the chance for more growers to achieve a higher value for their barley this season, while ensuring we can continue to meet market requirements.
“This flexibility in our network and our strong relationships with our buyer customers is supported by our quality management systems which provides buyers with confidence the grain exported from our network will meet end use requirements.”
Derek says Viterra has continued to support domestic demand while welcoming grower deliveries.
“We’re working with our buyer customers to fulfil domestic requirements as well as receiving grower deliveries and accumulating for vessels,” Derek says.
“Our whole team has done a fantastic job managing these requirements safely and efficiently.”
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.
