CO-OP REPORTS RECORD 2025-26 HARVEST
Last month, the CBH Group says it’s 2025-26 harvest is its largest ever, surpassing the previous record (22.9m tonnes) by more than 6%.
Chief Operations Officer Mick Daw said this year’s harvest set new benchmarks for scale and speed.
“Growers delivered a record crop at a record pace,” he says.
“It was also one of our safest harvests … this is the fourth time in five years harvest deliveries exceeded 20 million tonnes.”
The co-op reports that 45 sites across its network recorded their biggest season ever and broke daily records.
Four of its five receival zones set records for tonnage: Albany (5.4m), Esperance (4.1m), Kwinana South (4.6m) and Geraldton (4.6m). There were 18 days when more than 500,000 tonnes were delivered in a single day, nine days when that total surpassed 600,000 tonnes and a new daily record of 680,129 tonnes.
The co-op says more than 80% of the harvest (almost 20 million tonnes) was delivered in just over six weeks.
“What used to take over a week, we are now
receiving in a few days.” – Mick Daw.
CBH says its upgraded capacity was the result of adding 2.3m tonnes in storage capacity, upgrading sites, deploying more equipment and recruiting about 1800 casual workers to support frontline harvest operations.
“With crops of this size becoming more common, having a high‑performing supply chain is essential,” Daw says.
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