The Victorian Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs replaced the Department of Agriculture in 1985. In 1991 the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs ceased operations and its functions were transferred to the newly created Department of Agriculture.
Viterra operates a storage and handling network spanning key growing regions in South Australia and western Victoria with a total storage capacity of over 10 million tonnes. Viterra provides a range of services including storage and warehousing, receival and elevation, quality assessment, logistics and accumulation, quality control and food safety, electronic transactional services, container packing and bulk ship loading. Each service is adaptable to enable the individual requirements of customers to be met.
Viterra is part of Glencore Agriculture, a global leader in originating, handling, processing and marketing agricultural commodities including grain, oilseeds, pulses, sugar, rice, cotton, vegetable oils, protein meals and biodiesel. Glencore Agriculture’s operations span more than 35 countries worldwide and include marketing offices in 34 countries.
