An important function of the GIWA Wheat Council is its leading role in managing the relationship between the noodle wheat supply chain and the Japanese and Korean markets to ensure the long-term sustainability of the noodle wheat industry in Western Australia. The Council provides growing season and harvest updates to Japan and Korea via a formal partnership involving Grains Australia and CBH, and twice per year formally meets with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Japan Flour Millers’ Association (JFMA), with the post-harvest meeting held in Perth and the mid-year meeting held in Tokyo.
The GIWA Wheat Council, in conjunction with CBH and cereal chemists from Grains Australia, review noodle wheat volumes and quality at the completion of every annual harvest and provide recommendations to MAFF & JFMA on the optimal noodle wheat blend ratio and protein parameters to provide Japan with consistent supply for the next shipping year.
The GIWA Wheat Council is also currently working with CBH to review the wheat segregation system in WA to determine if that is delivering optimal value to both growers and traders.
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Noodle Wheat Updates Western Australia
The GIWA Wheat Council
Members
Tracy Lefroy – Chair – Grower, Bindi Bindi
Dion Bennett – Deputy Chair – Wheat Breeder and WA Manager, AGT
Michael Ahn – Wheat Trader, CBH Group
Chayce Creedy – WA Procurement Manager, Mauri/Weston Animal Nutrition
Chela Dempster – Grower Services Manager, GrainCorp
Simon Gellert – Senior Director Wheat and Barley ANZ, Bunge
Peter Henning – Grower, Dowerin
Jacinta Kelly – Senior Grain Marketing Consultant, Agvise
Dick McCagh – WA State Manager, Louis Dreyfus Company
David Peake – Business Development Manager, RAGT
Mark Pontifex – Grain Marketing Adviser, MarketAg
Peter Rees – Senior Agronomist, CSBP
Tress Walmsley – CEO, InterGrain
Tremayne Watts – Grains and Oilseeds Manager, Cargill
Guests (non-voting)
Ben Biddulph – Farming Systems Group Leader, CSIRO
Larisa Cato – General Manager Education and Training, Grains Australia
Alex Edward – Principal Policy Officer: Grain, DPIRD
Claire Shadbolt, Lead – Quality Planning, CBH (proxy member)
Dion Nicol – Research Officer (Merredin), DPIRD
