LW Investments Eye Expansion After Direct Wheat Export to Oman

WheatHouse
Nov 8, 2023
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Updated: May 7, 2024

Two Australian grain farmers are preparing to send a second shipment of wheat direct from farms to consumers in the Middle East following a successful trial earlier this year. West Australian farmer Barry Large and his Victorian-based counterpart Andrew Weidemann formed LW Investments several years ago with the aim of selling wheat directly from their farms to consumers in the Sultanate of Oman.

Earlier this year the pair sent a 35,000 tonne shipment of wheat from Mr Weidemann's farm and from growers from Victoria. It was trucked directly from farm to port at Geelong before being shipped to Oman and Mr Large said a similar strategy would be used for the second shipment. "We will put together another shipment of about 35,000 tonnes," he said. "We are a good way through getting our cargo at the moment for this shipment. "It's been baby steps. It's a market that we have been able to establish a great relationship with and we are just going on quietly trying to supply them what they need."

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