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Our first batch of new grain hopper wagons have arrived, just in time for Christmas!   Ninety-six standard gauge wagons arrived aboard the Eckert Oldendorff at Henderson on Friday 13 December.   The wagons were unloaded at the Australian Marine Complex and planned to be commissioned and placed on track in the new year.   The build of the remaining 101 standard-gauge and 447 narrow-gauge grain hopper wagons continues, with a second batch of narrow-gauge wagons expected to arrive in the March quarter of 2025.   The new wagons, along with new locomotives, will increase our supply chain capacity and help us to achieve our Path to 2033 Strategy.

We are proud to announce a partnership with Blue Visby, making CBH the first global customer of the Blue Visby Solution. Following a successful trial earlier this year, this collaboration signals an exciting step forward in sustainable shipping. It marks the commercial deployment of Blue Visby’s innovative technology, which optimises shipping operations, reduces costs, and achieves measurable carbon emission reductions. Pia Van Wyngaard, CBH’s Head of Shipping, said “partnering with Blue Visby is a milestone in our ongoing commitment to sustainability, operational efficiency, and safety. This technology reinforces our dedication to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.” We’re excited to lead the way in sustainable shipping, setting new standards for environmental responsibility. 🔗 Read more about this partnership and its impact: https://lnkd.in/ge7qnxyy

Today we released our 2024 Annual Report, which outlines our financial and operational performance for the year ending 30 September 2024. The Group reported an adjusted group surplus of $73.8 million, a solid result bolstered by a strong outloading program and a commitment to providing competitive grain and fertiliser prices to growers. The end of the financial year also marked the successful completion of Horizon 1 in our Path to 2033 Strategy – a major milestone for WA grain growers and their co-op.  Since the Strategy was launched three years ago, we have successfully achieved our Horizon 1 target, having the ability to outturn more than 2 million tonnes a month. Horizon 1 has also established a robust foundation for Horizon 2, as we continue to execute projects that will drive efficiencies across our supply chain for the benefit of WA growers. You can view the 2024 Annual Report on our website at cbh.com.au/annualreport

We're excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 Grass Roots Leadership Short Course, held in Ravensthorpe and Mullewa! Delivered by the AIM WA and The University of Western Australia Executive Education, this highly regarded course is tailored for regional WA residents looking to enhance their leadership skills and become more effective, engaging, and influential leaders. Why Apply? - Designed specifically for regional leaders - Heavily subsidised by CBH (covering all materials, meals, accommodation, and facilitation) - Participants only contribute a $400 fee (travel costs excluded) We’re prioritising growers and those working or studying in the grain industry. With only 20 spots available per location, make sure to apply early! Applications close 19 January Take this opportunity to invest in your growth and bring valuable leadership skills back to your community. www.cbh.com.au/GRLSC

Congratulations to CBH Growing Leaders Scholars, Gemma Walker and Sam Messina, on graduating from Leadership WA’s prestigious Signature Leaders Program! The skills, insights, and leadership they’ve gained will undoubtedly make a significant impact on both their communities and the broader grain industry. Well done again, Gemma and Sam — we look forward to seeing the continued positive contributions you’ll make! And thanks to Grower Group Alliance for co-ordinating our CBH Growing Leaders scholarship program.

It’s official - we have had our biggest day of deliveries in the history of the co-op! On Monday 18 November, the CBH network took in over 620,000 tonnes. This surpassed the previous record set on 2 December 2022, where we received 603,000 tonnes in a day. Daily site receival records were broken at eight CBH sites - Gairdner, Nyabing, Mt Madden, Perenjori, Merredin, York, Wickepin and Corrigin. This is a huge amount of grain, which would fill the equivalent of 320 Olympic size swimming pools. Alternatively, if you were to line enough trucks up end to end to hold this amount of grain, it would take 12,400 50-tonne trucks and stretch for 450km – the distance from Perth to Albany! During harvest it is critical to safely and efficiently receive grain and enable growers to get back in to the paddock, and its great to see our infrastructure performing well. A huge congratulations to growers, contractors and CBH employees at sites across the state on reaching this new record. Video courtesy of Jessica Rintoul and Bart Trevenen.

10 years of Grass Roots Grants... that’s something to celebrate 🎊 Throughout 2024, we have been celebrating a decade of Grass Roots Community Grants. Every project and community event has shown the passion of regional people and the unwavering commitment to their community. Grass Roots Grants was originally created to support the unique needs of WA growers’ local community. Over the past decade, the program has invested $3.1 million, supporting 964 community events and projects across grain-growing WA. What’s something to celebrate in your regional community? 🙌

Congratulations to Deimos Laboratory on their recent Rio Tinto Growth Innovation Award win at the 2024 WA Innovators of the Year event. CBH is proud to collaborate with Deimos on the winning innovation, automated grain sampling technology that standardises the visual assessment of grain. Using the images taken by the Deimos device, the CBH grain classification and analysis software is being used to grade WA growers’ grain at 13 pilot sites this harvest.

Located in the City of Kalamunda, CBH’s Metro Grain Centre (MGC) is a world-class grain-handling complex strategically connected by road and rail with the Port of Fremantle, and CBH’s Kwinana Grain terminal (KGT). The CBH team hosted Hon Mia Davies MP, the Nationals Candidate for the Federal seat of Bullwinkell; the Leader of the Nationals The Hon. David Littleproud MP along with Lisa Logan and Ian Blayney the Nationals candidates for Kalamunda and Forrestfield respectively. In addition to touring our MGC facility, the Nationals team inspected our Australian Grains Centre (AGC), a state of the art facility providing full laboratory analysis of our co-operative member grown export grain which is quickly developing as a focal point for research and intelligence in grain quality.

Interested in becoming a Member Director at our co-op? Nominations for the 2025 CBH Director Elections are now open for Districts 2, 3 and 4. Members can nominate through the Candidate Assessment Panel (CAP) process, which is designed to seek a high calibre of candidates to nominate for election to the CBH Board and to help members when voting. The CAP process is strongly encouraged for all candidates. Nominations for the CAP process close 12 noon, 31 Oct 2024. For more info, head to our webpage https://lnkd.in/g3ej_SEX