Viterra Lameroo employees, Michael Dryden and Amy Dyer await the next delivery. Photo: Viterra

VITERRA sites across South Australia and into western Victoria received 514,125 tonnes of grain in the week to Sunday to lift total intake for the 2024-25 harvest to date to 1,105,797t.

In its weekly harvest report released yesterday, Viterra said wheat, followed by barley and canola, accounted for most deliveries.

Good harvesting conditions on Friday saw close to 120,000t delivered for the day, the biggest for harvest so far.

Viterra Western region operations manager Nick Pratt said harvest on Eyre Peninsula is advancing with the region receiving similar tonnes to the week prior.

“Grower deliveries to our Western region sites again made up more than half of total Viterra receivals last week, with Cummins the busiest site for the region,” Mr Pratta said.

“We also received the first 2024-25 delivery at Yeelanna, a load of faba beans.

Viterra Central region operations manager Jack Tansley said Central region deliveries increased slightly last week, despite some disruptions due to weather.

“Most of the activity was at Wallaroo, Ardrossan, Port Giles, Snowtown and Bowmans,” Mr Tansley said.

“Lentils are slowing down as growers move their focus on to wheat and barley, and we’re also seeing canola deliveries pick up.”

Viterra Eastern region operations manager Andrew Cannon said tonnes delivered to sites in the region increased week on week, and will ramp up further.

“It was exciting to receive the first deliveries for the season into Lameroo and Bordertown, with the delivery of genetically modified canola at Bordertown on Friday kicking off harvest at our South East sites,” Mr Cannon said.

“Werrimull, Loxton and Inner Harbour remain the busiest sites in the Eastern region, and wheat and barley are the major commodities being delivered.”

The first 2024-25 harvest deliveries to Yeelanna, Lameroo and Bordertown last week take the total number of Viterra sites receiving grain to 44.

Table 1: Viterra receivals for the 2024-25 harvest to 17 November 2024. Source: Viterra

Source: Viterra