West Australian farmers have produced their biggest ever grain crop, exceeding 15 million tonnes for the first time.
The previous record set in 2003-04 was 14,695,321 million tonnes, the grower cooperative CBH Group said on Wednesday.
A truckload of wheat delivered in the Albany zone on Tuesday pushed total grain receivals in the state past 15 million tonnes.
CBH Group General Manager Operations Colin Tutt said that reaching the milestone was a great achievement for all involved, particularly when the 2011-12 harvest had been a challenging one.
'Our pre-harvest state forecast of 13.5 million tonnes has been well and truly broken and we will reflect on this year as one full of challenges, hard work and exceptional yields,' he said.
The chief grains making up the total were wheat, barley, canola, lupins and oats.
Mr Tutt said the 2011-12 harvest was expected to continue in some areas until the final weeks of February, with another 75,000 tonnes expected to be delivered.
