CBH Group: Western Australian grain storage and exports
CBH Group: grower-owned Western Australian grain cooperative founded in 1933. It received 20.4 million tonnes of grain in the year to September 2025.
CBH Group (Co-operative Bulk Handling) is a grower-owned Western Australian cooperative that receives, stores, transports and markets grain.
Australia · Grower-owned cooperative
CBH Group, short for Co-operative Bulk Handling, was founded in 1933 and is a cooperative owned by grain growers in Western Australia. Because the growers own the organisation, CBH works for its members rather than owning farms itself. The group handles grain from receival through storage, transport and marketing, connecting the state's farming regions with export ports. It also runs a fertiliser business and has made investments in end processing, including the acquisition of Interflour together with the Salim Group.
At harvest, growers deliver grain to more than 100 receival sites across Western Australia, where it is graded and stored. From there CBH moves it by its own rail fleet to four ports for shipment to domestic and international customers. Storage and handling are separate from selling: a grower can store grain with CBH and sell it to another buyer, or sell to CBH's own marketing arm. Receival availability, quality grades, delivery timing and fees all shape what a grower gets.
Size of the business
In the financial year ended 30 September 2025, CBH received 20.4 million tonnes of grain and outturned 19.8 million tonnes to domestic and international markets. These are handling volumes, not crops grown by the cooperative.
Does CBH own its members' farms?
No. Under the cooperative model the growers own CBH, not the other way round.
Does grain receival always mean a purchase?
No. Storage and handling are services, and a sale to a particular buyer is a separate transaction.
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