Weekly harvest report
Week ending Sunday 9 November 2025 report
| 3 - 9 November 2025 | Total 2025/26 harvest** | |
|---|---|---|
| Bunge total receivals* | 44,658 tonnes | 61,497 tonnes |
| Western region receivals | 24,469 tonnes | 33,119 tonnes |
| Central region receivals | 18,685 tonnes | 26,636 tonnes |
| Eastern region receivals | 1,504 tonnes | 1,742 tonnes |
Deliveries to Bunge started to pick up last week, with farmers delivering 44,600 tonnes. Sites in our Western and Central regions received the majority of tonnes.
Another five sites received their first 2025/26 season deliveries; Lock, Rudall, Tumby Bay, Wirrulla and Cummins on the Eyre Peninsula.
Bunge Director Industrial Management, Gavin Cavanagh says weather continues to cause a slow start to the harvest.
“Rain last Sunday and during the beginning of the week across the state caused delays for farmers who had started harvesting,” Gavin says.
“With the weather improving towards the end of the week, we saw deliveries start to increase again. To accommodate this, we had a number of sites open over the weekend in the Western and Central regions.”
More than half of the tonnes delivered last week were lentils.
Gavin says Bunge has 17 harvest segregations for lentils across its network to support farmers who grow the commodity.
“This season we have added new lentil segregations at Wudinna and Lock based on increased plantings across the Eyre Peninsula. At Wudinna, we’ve installed an additional classification office and upgraded bunkers to support lentil deliveries,” Gavin says.
“We are also offering a delivery window for lentils at Port Giles following recent bunker upgrades to increase storage capacity at the site.
“Due to the later start in the area we have extended the window, with deliveries now available until 28 November while we are able to maintain efficient receivals for cereal deliveries or until storage capacity is reached.
“As the Yorke Peninsula is a major lentil growing region, we’re expecting this additional delivery point to be well supported by local farmers.”
South Australian farmers will also benefit from increased total defective grain (TDG) tolerance for A grade lentils when delivering to Bunge, allowing them to achieve a higher grade and value for their deliveries. More information.
Gavin says Bunge’s continued investment in our supply chain has enabled us to increase our service offering to farmers delivering lentils.
“Through investing in our network, we have been able to change how we store lentils, allowing us to make this update while continuing to meet buyers’ quality requirements,” Gavin says.
“In the past three years, bulk lentil shipments from our network have continued to increase and we’re looking forward to delivering high quality lentils to our customers again this season.”
Disclaimer
* This data is subject to variation due to individual site operations and the timing of reports.
** The total 2025/26 data includes grain received into Viterra’s storage and handling network since 13 October 2025.
