Contract Hectares,
Not Tonnes
By contracting hectares, the grower simply delivers the production from the area contracted to a pre-approved grain receivel site. Flexi Grain then manages the storage, logistics, finance, export capacity and marketing for the benefit of our growers.
No washout risk by delivering hectares, not tonnes
Pre and post-harvest market participation
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Hectare Based Contracts
Flexi Grain’s expert traders actively manage a grain marketing strategy, taking advantage of volatility in the International and Domestic grain markets from the moment your crop is sown, without inherent risks.
Take the stress and time out of your grain marketing and risk management
Access to the export market and global buyers to maximise grain value
Receive comprehensive unbiased market updates
Assist you in identifying fair value for your uncontracted grain
Price Risk Management
Our primary focus is marketing grower grain with price risk management strategies that will deliver solid, consistent returns to our growers.
Our Hectare based programs are unique in that they eliminate any wash-out risk, whilst still providing our growers with pre-harvest market participation.
“Being involved in the export market makes sense. Australia is a net exporter of wheat, barley, canola, durum”.
“It allows you to sell big volumes. It allows you to achieve the global market, not just the local market. Not all the grain goes into the export channel, but where it makes sense that is where we send it.”
Sam Roach
Grain Trader
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Flexi Grain’s Hectare Contract is a non-restrictive 18-month pool designed to capture and manage price opportunities from the moment the crop is sown.
Pre-harvest pricing opportunities may be managed by option and/or basis management strategies.
Options may be executed over a range of grain and fx futures markets including Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT), Euronext (Matif), and the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).
- Hectare and tonnage based contracts
- Low-risk pre-harvest management
- Export Grower Grain
- Trade domestically
- Stock swaps
- Port zone swaps and repositioning stock
- Post-harvest use of derivatives (options and futures)
- Detailed market analysis and global production forecast
Default
- 60% of the grains value is advanced 5 days end of week of delivery
- 80% distribution June or July
- 100% distribution on September 25th
Deferred
- 80% of grains value is deferred until July
- 100% distribution on September 25th
Fixed Management Fee of $10.00/tonne excluding GST for tonnes delivered from the Hectare Contract and $7.50/mt excluding GST for tonnes delivered from the harvest Tonnage contract.
The Benefits
- No washout risk by delivering hectares, not tonnes
- Pre and post harvest market participation
- Currency and derivative benefits without needing your own trading facility
- Global credit insurance
- Unbiased market updates to assist you in identifying fair value for your uncontracted grain
- Harvest cash flow and ability to defer
- Flexible payment options
- Complete transparency
The Pool
1,000,000
M/TONNE
MANAGED IN FOUR STATES
800
GROWERS
CONTRACTED NATIONALLY
400,000
M/TONNES
EXPORTED OVER 24 MTHS
11
BULK VESSELS
EXPORTED TO 8 COUNTRIES
“Well there’s no risk of washouts, and I don’t have to worry about the marketing. I just leave it up to them. Bit more relaxing for me.”
Darren Baker
MALLEE GRAIN GROWER
“We just deliver the grain, put it in their hands, and we don’t have to worry about it. Just let them do their job.”
Rowan Hender
MALLEE GRAIN GROWER
How It Works
Contract specific paddocks of wheat or barley by November 30th
Manage the contracted paddocks as normal through to harvest
Deliver harvested production from the contracted area
Participate in pre and post-harvest marketing opportunities from the moment paddocks are contracted
Growers are simply committing to the grain grown from the contracted paddocks. Allowing Flexi Grain to execute price management strategies and pass on any margins associated.
Flexi Grain simply has a fixed management fee of $10.00/tonne excluding GST for tonnes delivered from both the Hectare and Tonnage Contracts.
An additional fee of $2.50/metric tonne (ex GST) may be applicable for specialty crops such as Durum, Noodle, Biscuit Wheat and Faba Beans as additional marketing and or ISCC accreditation may be required.
Express Your Interest
Submit your interest in participating in a Hectare based strategy today.
- Choose your state
- Fill in your details
- Drop a pin to one or more of your chosen paddocks
- Fill in paddock details
- Regional manager provides personalised details
