Bunge finalises $65 million investment to enhance efficiency, reliability and improve the delivery experience for farmers
Adelaide, Australia – 15 October 2025 – Harvest in South Australia has officially kicked off, with Bunge receiving its first delivery for the 2025/26 season with a load of lentils delivered to its Thevenard site.
Bunge’s Director of Industrial Management, Gavin Cavanagh, says the milestone signals a positive start to a more favourable season than last year for most farmers across South Australia and western Victoria.
“Crop production for South Australia and Victoria is expected to be close to average, at around 9 million tonnes produced in each state, which is a good result given the record dry start to the year and the smaller 2024/25 harvest,” said Cavanagh.
“However we recognise that some areas, including parts of the Murray Mallee, are unfortunately expecting lower production than average. Our focus is on ensuring those farmers receive the support and service they require with segregations and opening hours.”
Bunge has completed its annual investment programme into its South Australian and western Victorian network, spending $65 million to enhance efficiency, reliability and improve the delivery experience for farmers.
This includes four new drive-over hopper stackers across the Bunge network, a second inwards weighbridge at Tailem Bend, and an additional classification office at Wudinna to support lentil deliveries. Structural upgrades have been made to bunkers at the Wallaroo, Snowtown, Werrimull, Kimba, Lock, Cummins and Wudinna sites. At Port Giles, upgraded bunkers also provide additional storage capacity. In addition, the company completed roadworks and upgraded existing infrastructure across several sites, such as shed sealing at Keith. All these network improvements will help ensure a sustainable and efficient network in the long term.
The Bunge team across Australia is ready to receive deliveries and support farmers through another season. The business has also started welcoming 1,500 harvest workers to prepare for another busy season.
With more than 6 million tonnes of forward shipping capacity already booked, Bunge is seeing strong buyer demand for new season grain across its network.
“Heading into harvest with strong forward demand gives our farmer customers confidence that buyers are ready to purchase their grain when they deliver it to us,” added Cavanagh .
The Bunge combination with Viterra was successfully closed on 2 July, bringing together two highly complementary businesses to create a premier agribusiness solutions company.
In Australia, Bunge has 55 storage and handling sites and six port terminals across South Australia and western Victoria; three storage and handling sites, including a port terminal in southern Western Australia, two import facilities in Victoria and New South Wales; and eight offices spread across the country in key growing regions.
Following the combination of Bunge and Viterra, the company continues to transition to the Bunge name and brand. For the coming harvest, the viterra.com.au website is the place to find information about delivering to Bunge’s South Australian and western Victorian sites.
The app has been updated from Viterra Australia to Bunge Australia with an updated design and new features based on farmers’ feedback.
%20Farmer%20Jim%20Evans%20with%20Bunge%20employees%20Chris%20Hibbs%20and%20Andrew%20Pearson.webp "(L to R) Farmer Jim Evans with Bunge employees Chris Hibbs and Andrew Pearson")
About Bunge
At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider, our team of ~37,000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where they’re grown to where they’re needed—in faster, smarter, and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination, storage, distribution, oilseed processing and refining, offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils, fats, and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored, innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200+ years of experience and presence in over 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, advancing sustainability, and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Learn more at Bunge.com.
Website Information
We routinely post important information for investors on our website, www.bunge.com, in the "Investors" section. We may use this website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor the Investors section of our website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.