GROWERS delivered 426,482 tonnes of grain to Viterra in the week to Sunday, bringing total harvest receivals for the current season 591,515t.

In Viterra’s weekly harvest report out today, Viterra general manager operations Gavin Cavanagh said deliveries peaked on Sunday, marking the biggest day so far for this harvest.

“We saw deliveries increase towards the end of the week after weather earlier in the week held growers up slightly,” Mr Cavanagh said.

“We opened many of our sites over the weekend so growers could make the most of the good harvesting weather, receiving over 120,000t across the two days.”

Another eight sites across Viterra’s South Australian network, which extends into western Victoria, received their first deliveries for the harvest last week.

“We welcomed the first loads for the season at Buckleboo, Darke Peak, Poochera and Edillilie in the Western region, Roseworthy and Booleroo Centre in the Central region, and Apamurra and Karoonda in the Eastern region.”

“Our Western and Central regions again received most of the tonnes delivered during the week, with most activity at our Wallaroo and Cummins sites, followed by Ardrossan, Tumby Bay, and Thevenard.

“Harvest in the Eastern region is still getting started, and it was good to see the first deliveries from the southern Mallee area come in.

Mr Cavanagh said barley, wheat, and lentils have made up most deliveries to Viterra to date.

“Barley and lentil deliveries remain strong, and we are seeing growers starting on their wheat, with deliveries of the commodity increasing to make up around a third of tonnes last week.”

“Canola is also starting to come in, including the first delivery of genetically modified canola to our Eastern region at Tailem Bend, where we opened a segregation this harvest in addition to receiving non-GM canola at the site.

“We are pleased to offer more GM canola segregations across our network this harvest to meet growers’ needs, including at Tailem Bend.

“Our focus remains on managing the GM and non-GM canola supply chains separately, in particular at sites which receive both, to ensure we meet the requirements of end users and maintain market access for SA canola.”

	Week to 10 Nov 2024	Harvest to 10 Nov 2024
Western region	254,395	345,616
Central region	140,729	203,264
Eastern region	31,358	42,635
TOTAL TONNES	426,482	591,515

Source: Viterra