Big grain tonnages were received at bulk handlers in Australia
Australia
Published Jan 10, 2022
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AUSTRALIA'S major bulk handlers have received over 38 million tonnes of grain for the 2021-22 season with more still coming in. The massive figure has been underpinned by a record year in Western Australia. CBH reported last week it had received over 20 million tonnes into its network for the first time, passing the milestone on December 29, with 20.4m tonnes in its network as of January 3.
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The bulk of the harvest is over in WA, but CBH acting chief operations officer Mick Daw said there were still some substantial tonnages to be delivered into the system in the southern Albany port zone. RELATED: GrainCorp's big expansion process RELATED: COVID scare does not stop Viterra A feature of the harvest has been its evenness, with distribution per port zone varying between 4.9m tonnes, in the Kwinana North zone, to 3.4m tonnes in the Esperance zone. "It's been a record year for a lot of our growers," said Pastoralists and Graziers Association Western Grain Growers chairman Gary McGill. "The frost in October knocked off some yield, but in many cases it was not quite as bad as we had feared," Mr McGill, who farms at Calingiri and Ballidu in the mid northern wheatbelt, said. "Many growers have managed to pull out excellent yields and combined with the prices, even though much of the wheat was lower protein, it has been a successful season." Mr Daw said both the Albany and ...
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