This truck carrying canola into the Esperance Terminal brought the first load into a CBH site for harvest 2024-25 on October 8. Photo: CBH Group
WESTERN Australian bulk handler CBH Group has released its first Harvest Report for 2024-25, which shows 565,200 tonnes is in the system as of the morning of October 28.
CBH chief operations officer Mick Daw said the majority of sites are expected to open in the coming week.
“Harvest has started later and slower than in previous years, however with the warm weather forecast this week we expect activity to pick up significantly,” Mr Daw said.
The first delivery to CBH this harvest was 69t of canola into its Esperance Terminal on October 8.
“We expect most sites that will open this harvest to open this week, with deliveries to ramp up in the next fortnight.”
Following is a round-up of activity by CBH Group port zone:
Albany
Harvest has started slowly in the Albany Zone, with mainly canola and some feed barley starting to be delivered.
Six of the zone’s 40 sites are open, and more will follow as growers start harvest.
Esperance
Harvest is progressing well in the zone, although daily tonnages are relatively low in comparison to last year.
With some favourable weather forecast, tonnage delivered is expected to increase across the zone
Canola and barley are the primary commodities being delivered, and some wheat samples started to show up late last week.
The Esperance Zone currently has 11 sites open, with its other two sites, Shark Lake and Dunn Rock, expected to open later in the season.
Geraldton
Harvest had a really slow start due to some heavy late rain, but recent days have seen a steady flow of deliveries start.
Canola, barley, wheat – and a small amount of lupins – have all been received.
Nine of the Geraldton Zone’s 20 sites are open.
Kwinana North
Harvest has progressed well across the zone, with growers in its north and and west regions receiving a small amount of rain last week to slow the start of harvest.
Barley is the main commodity being received, followed by small amounts of canola and lupins, and wheat expected to start this week.
Of the zone’s 52 sites, 22 are currently open.
Kwinana South
Harvest has progressed steadily over the past week, with all areas and most of the zone’s 41 sites now receiving grain.
The south-west of the zone is still slow, with only Brookton receiving a few trucks.
Barley accounts for most of the receivals at this stage, followed by canola, and small volumes of oats and wheat have also been received.
Source: CBH Group
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