CBH Group posts record 24 MT harvest in Australia’s 2025/26 season
CBH’s storage and handling system receives and exports about 90% of the Western Australian grain harvest, including wheat, barley, canola and oats.
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s 2025/26 grain harvest delivered a new milestone for CBH Group, with the Western Australia–based cooperative receiving a record 24.2 million tonnes, surpassing its previous high of 22.9 million tonnes by more than 6%.
The record season was underpinned by unprecedented delivery speeds, expanded storage capacity and strong grower performance across the state, reinforcing Western Australia’s growing significance in global grain supply chains.
According to CBH, 45 receival sites across its network recorded their biggest seasons on record, while four of the five operating zones, mainly Albany, Esperance, Kwinana South and Geraldton, posted new seasonal totals.
The harvest also set multiple daily throughput records, including 18 days with deliveries exceeding 500,000 tonnes, nine days above 600,000 tonnes, and a new all-time daily record of 680,129 tonnes.
Mick Daw, CBH’s chief operations officer, said the 2025/26 harvest highlighted both grower productivity and the increasing capability of the cooperative’s supply chain.
“Growers have delivered a record crop, at a record pace,” Daw said, noting that the season was also “one of our safest harvests,” despite the scale of volumes handled.
He added that this was the fourth time in five years that harvest deliveries had exceeded 20 million tonnes, signalling a rapid evolution in Western Australia’s production profile.
More than 80% of the total harvest, nearly 20 million tonnes, was delivered in just over six weeks, placing intense pressure on receival, storage and logistics systems.
CBH said the network performed strongly, supported by prior investments aimed at increasing resilience and throughput.
Strong receivals translated into equally robust outturn performance. Between October and January, CBH outturned 7.2 million tonnes, including a record 2.5 million tonnes in January alone, the highest monthly outturn in the cooperative’s history.
The January performance is a key milestone under CBH’s Path to 2033 Strategy, which targets a peak monthly outturn capacity of 3 million tonnes.
CBH’s integrated storage and handling system typically receives and exports about 90% of Western Australia’s grain harvest, covering major crops such as wheat, barley, canola and oats.
Since 2022, the cooperative has accelerated investment across its supply chain to keep pace with rising production volumes.
In preparation for the 2025/26 season, CBH added 2.3 million tonnes of new storage capacity, upgraded critical network sites, deployed additional handling equipment, and recruited and trained approximately 1,800 harvest casuals to support frontline operations during the peak period.
“With crops of this size becoming more common, having a high-performing supply chain is essential,” Daw said.
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