Canola yields and oil content above average

A spokesperson for the company said the Cootamundra area is proving fruitful with minimal flood-damaged crops.

“Canola is looking really good; growers are doing the double with better yields and oil content on last year,” the spokesperson said. 

He said the Cootamundra silos are finding an average oil content of 42 per cent to date from canola grown in the district. 

The highest recorded oil content this season has been 49 per cent from a crop in Victoria. 

He said receival sites are continuing to move well with turnaround times “very good” considering the large harvest. 

He asked that growers continue to communicate with receival sites to ensure smooth running.

Across NSW, GrainCorp received 2.5 million tonnes of the three main commodities (canola, wheat and barley) in the seven day period to Monday this week. 

All up, 4.55 million tonnes has been received by the company this season. 

With harvest pushed back across the Eastern states due to a wetter than usual winter and mild start to spring, headers will be running for weeks yet. 

This is seeing harvest coincide with the fire danger period. 

On Thursday this week, the Rural Fire Service issued a recommendation to cease all header and farm machinery activities in cereal crops and use good judgement in canola crops due to the weather conditions at the time. 

With wheat to come off following the canola harvest, growers are once again expected to do well.

The recent Wallendbeen Wheat Crop Competition saw 10 entries all expected to yield more than seven tonnes.

Cootamundra’s Dryland Wheat Competition provided similarly pleasing yield predictions.