Viterra have reported that the total grain received from the 2024 winter farming season at 3,239,644 tonnes. This amount will likely be the final amount received by Viterra as harvesting has come to a close.
Shipments of grain out to exports markets has begun with over 400,000 tonnes already shipped and a busy schedule ahead for ports.
Key Points
- Total production is likely to be 5.9 million tonnes
- The estimate total cropping area was down by 1.7%
- the estimated production decrease is 32% due to a lack of rain
- Wheat made up ~55% of the SA crop
- the total national crop increased by ~9% due to excellent growing seasons in NSW and Qld
South Australia Grain Production by year
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | |
| Hectares Sown (,000) | 3,898 | 4,003 | 3,942 | 3,942 | 4,011 | 3,928 |
| Total tonnes (,000) | 6,467 | 9,135 | 8,445 | 12,788 | 8,703 | 5,919 |
| Value ($ billion) | 2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
Source PIRSA
