Albany

Weather has been fine for the Albany Zone over the past week, making for good harvesting conditions.

Wheat was the dominant commodity being received, with barley starting to slow down and canola wrapping up.

All sites are open, and some are starting to fill up.

The CBH Gairdner site recently passed its season receival record of 308,496t, and is still receiving grain.

Esperance

Despite some rain in the Esperance Zone, weather did not significantly impact receivals.

Many growers are finishing their harvest programs for the year, with others aiming to finish before Christmas.

All commodities continue to be received.

Due to space constraints, some services at sites may be limited, and growers may need to travel further to deliver specific grades, particularly canola.

Geraldton

Part of the Geraldton Zone had rain totalling 5-20mm of rain in the past week.

Sites are receiving wheat, barley, lupins and canola, with wheat dominating.

Growers are encouraged to bring in the remainder of their barley so we can use the storage for wheat. The majority of wheat is AWW2, which is causing delays on sites.

All sites and services are open across the zone, and turnaround time is heavily affected by falling numbers testing.

Morawa broke its daily receival record on Thursday, taking 7081t, against the previous record of 5950t set in 2022.

Kwinana North

Wheat was the major commodity being delivered into the Kwinana North system, as canola and barley have all but finished.

All sites and services are open across the zone, and falling numbers units are set up at most sites.

McLvie broke its daily receival record last Tuesday, taking 9817t to break the previous record of 9455t set in 2022.

Kwinana South

Harvesting weather was good over the past seven days, with only minor harvest bans in some locations on the weekend.

Wheat remained the largest commodity being received, followed by barley and oats.

Most growers have now completed with their canola programs, with only a few hundred tonnes left to go.

Services at some sites are filling and will close within the coming week.

More daily records were broken last week at Corrigin, York, Dale, Shackelton and Meckering.

Source: CBH Group