News & Updates

• GIWA forecast 2025/26 WA production at 19.3mmt, down 14% from last season.
• Production estimates below (% change from last year in brackets):
  • Wheat: 9.4mmt (down 24%)
  • Barley: 5.7mmt (down 3%)
  • Canola: 2.9mmt (unchanged)
  • Oats: 0.61mmt (down 9%)
  • Lupins: 0.65mmt (up 35%)
  • Pulses: 0.096mmt (up 41%)

• Grains Australia announced the accreditation of Laperouse as a malting barley variety.

• Grains Australia announced Cyclops and Neo CL have been accredited as malting barley varieties.

• Geraldton and Esperance - 17th January 2025
• Kwinana and Albany - 24th January 2025

• GIWA forecast 2024/25 WA production at 18.61mmt, up 5% from the October estimate.
• Production estimates below (% change from last month in brackets):
• Wheat: 10.33mmt (up 4%)
• Barley: 4.52mmt (up 5%)
• Canola: 2.59mmt (up 10%)
• Oats: 0.59mmt (unchanged)
• Lupins: 0.50mmt (unchanged)
• Pulses: 0.073 (unchanged)

• A Load above 12.5% moisture, is graded into either AWW1 or AWW2, unless active stack management allows delivery to a higher grade.

• Loads with 12.6-13.0% moisture are eligible for optimisation.

• However, the QO Lot average needs to be at, or below, 12.5% moisture (along with the other QO Standards being met).

• A Load above 13.0% moisture, but below 14.0%, is restricted to AWW1 or AWW2 grades only for QO. This is important – the Load is an AWW grade forever. ‎

• Viterra has updated its canola contracting policy for the 2024/25 season.
• From today, the company will only offer fixed-grade contracts, a shift from its previous practice of multi-grade contracting.
• When booking canola with Viterra you will need to specify which grade i.e. CAN1 or CAN2; CAG1 or CAG2.

MarketAg Harvest Helper, Receival Standards & Freight Rates

• If you did not receive the MarketAg Harvest Helper, receival standards and CBH freight rates please contact your adviser.

CBH Wheat Changes - 24/25 harvest

• A reminder that CBH has decided to remove AWWT, ASW1 and AGP1 as receival and outturn grades, and replace them with AWW1 and AWW2.
• AWW1 (previously ASW1) and AWW2 (previously AGP1) both have a moisture receival limit of 13.5%. 
• Falling numbers for AWW1 is a minimum of 300 seconds, and AWW2 is a minimum of 200 seconds.
• There is no protein limit for AWW1 or AWW2.

CBH Moisture Optimisation Update

• Wheat loads with a moisture level between 13% and 14% will only be available for optimisation into/between AWW1 and AWW2.
• To optimise into any other grade, a moisture level of 13% or less is required.
• The maximum moisture limit for an optimised lot is 12.5% for Hard/APW milling grades and 13.5% for AWW1/AWW2.

CBH Quality Optimisation (QO) End Dates

• Geraldton and Esperance - 17th January 2025
• Kwinana and Albany - 24th January 2025

• GIWA forecast 2024/25 WA production at 17.44mmt, up 7% from the July estimate.
• Production estimates below (% change from last month in brackets):
• Wheat: 10mmt (up 9%)
• Barley: 4.3mmt (up 5%)
• Canola: 2.1mmt (down 4%)
• Oats: 0.53mmt (up 32%)
• Lupins: 0.39mmt (up 8%)
• Pulses: 0.073 (up 16%)

• GIWA forecast 2024/25 WA production at 16.3mmt, up 12% from last season.
• Production estimates below (% change from last year in brackets):
• Wheat: 9.2mmt (up 20%)
• Barley: 4.1mmt (up 11%)
• Canola: 2.2mmt (down 12%)
• Oats: 0.40mmt (up 14%)
• Lupins: 0.36mmt (up 12%)
• Pulses: 0.063 (up 29%)