Harvest Reports 2025/26

Harvest Report - 10 November

Wet weather slowed down the pace of harvest last week with rain falling across most of the Western Australian grainbelt, with some areas even experiencing hail.

The return of warmer temperatures and sunny days at the end of the week meant many growers were able to get back on the header and return to harvesting.

Total deliveries to the CBH network are now over 2.6 million tonnes, with more than a million tonnes coming in over the last few days.

Acting CBH Chief Operations Officer Nelson Aylmore said it was good that many growers were able to resume their harvest programs quickly after the weather event.

“The week ahead will see warmer, drier weather stay around, providing good harvesting conditions and really build up momentum," Mr Aylmore said.

“Before the rain events last week, we had our first daily receival record broken for the season at McLevie, with over 10,000 tonnes taken on Friday 31 October. Several other sites reported coming close to setting new records before rain came in, so we expect to see more daily receivals broken at sites.

“With the ramp up of grower activity, CBH is preparing for a surge in deliveries.”

To stay up to date with local sites opening and closing times, and service offerings, growers are reminded to ensure they have notifications turned on for their sites in the CDF app.

The Harvest Overview page on the CBH website is another useful resource for growers and transporters, which includes a Harvest Preparation checklist.

In addition, CBH Area Managers and the Grower Service Centre (1800 199 083) are on hand to assist growers with any questions. Stay safe, Nelson Aylmore Acting Chief Operations Officer Receival statistics

Across the Zones

Albany Zone

• Albany Zone has received 117,800 tonnes, with the rain event dropping 2 – 10mm and slowing receivals across the zone.
• Canola, barley, and oats are the main commodities being received.
• The majority of the Albany Zone’s primary sites are open, with the remainder to open once harvest resumes post the recent rain event.

Esperance Zone

• Progress has been good over the past week, with approximately 292,500 tonnes delivered across the zone.
• Barley receivals are starting to increase, while canola has remained steady, with both commodities making up the bulk of the total zone commodity receivals for the week. Wheat deliveries have commenced, showing promising signs of reasonable quality. However, some growers have reported frost impacts in wheat crops yet to be harvested, with the severity varying across the region. Field peas have also been delivered at several sites last week.
• Rainfall slowed receivals during the week, however they are expected to ramp back up over the weekend.
• All sites across the zone are open.
• A vessel was loaded with canola destined for China this week, a notable export milestone for the Australian canola industry.

Geraldton Zone

• Geraldton has received 582,200 tonnes to date. Tuesday 4 November was the biggest day of the year so far for the Geraldton Zone with 84,000 tonnes flowing into the bins. This was also the second biggest day on record for the Geraldton Zone, which is an amazing effort from the team and growers.
• Canola deliveries have started increasing, resulting in the first train load carrying canola coming to port from Mingenew on Tuesday 5 November.
• Most sites across the zones are open, except for Latham, Coorow and Marchagee, which are still closed as the crops in the region are not quite ready.
• The Geraldton Zone received rain last Wednesday. Fortunately, the team proactively closed sites during the rain event, allowing key sites to open on Sunday when warm temperature and good harvesting conditions returned.

Kwinana North Zone

• The Kwinana North Zone has received 586,200 tonnes to date, with 310,000 tonnes received in last 7 days.
• A major weather event swept through the region on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing 15mm to 75mm or rain reported.
• Barley, canola, oats, lupins and a small amount of wheat have been delivered.
• All sites are open across the zone, with double shifts at our main sites starting on Monday.
• McLevie broke its daily receival record on Friday 31 October, with 10,241 tonnes taken in a day.

Kwinana South Zone

• Harvest receivals started to ramp up in the Kwinana South Zone prior to the weather event in the later part of last week.
• Northam and eastern parts of the Kwinana South Zone are ahead of the other areas in the Zone.
• Already some sites have been close to their daily records.
• Barley and canola are the largest commodities coming in. In the Kulin and Corrigin areas we are seeing some substantial volumes of oats start coming in as well. The first load of lentils was received at Metro Grain Centre as well.
• Most sites and services have opened, however, growers in and around the Brookton and Narrakine sites haven’t started yet.

Harvest report - 3 November

Harvest deliveries are now over 1.3 million tonnes, with more than 1.1 million tonnes coming in the past seven days.

Esperance again led the way with nearly half a million tonnes in the bin, followed by Geraldton and Kwinana North. Then Kwinana South and Albany Zones. 

Canola and barley are the main commodities being received, with small parcels of wheat, as well as the first delivery of lentils at CBH’s Metro Grain Centre. 

Anecdotally, yields are looking good and higher than many expected. 

Growers made the most of the good weather over the past week and maximised delivery windows, with most continuing their programs to get what they can to the CBH network prior to expected weather during the week. 

CBH Chief Operations Officer Mick Daw said growers and contractors must remember their hygiene obligations and transport requirements. 

“While the vast majority of people continue to do the right thing, we unfortunately received a load of contaminated grain last week," Mr Daw said.

“In addition, we received reports of grain being dumped in a car bay outside of Esperance last week."

As has always been the case, drivers are not permitted to dump or offload any grain on public land or road reserves. 

Incidents of grain dumping on main roads or in parking bays will be investigated, and Main Roads has the authority to issue fines. These will be issued to the transport operator, not the grower. 

Harvest Report - 27 October