THIS week's run of hot weather will see a flurry of harvest action throughout the Wheatbelt.
And the overall picture is one of confidence in a result where most farmers will meet budget expectations.
CBH has set an estimate of 13.2 million tonnes, while the Grains Industry Asociation of WA (GIWA) has revised its monthly forecast from 13.8mt in October to 14.4mt in this month's report.
According to CBH, grain receivals are charging ahead in the Esperance, Kwinana and Geraldton zones, with daily receival records being broken in Esperance and Kwinana.
CBH Group general manager of operations David Capper said growers in the Albany area were hopeful this week's weather would bring down moisture levels.
"The crops in Albany zone are looking great, but it has just been too wet and too early to get very far into harvest programs," Mr Capper said.
"We're expecting a bumper harvest in Albany and we have been preparing to receive that crop, once the weather fines up it will be off to a flying start."
The CBH Group has received 2,043,877 tonnes of grain so far this harvest.
In the Geraldton zone, more than 30 per cent of the harvest program is complete with 614,409 tonnes of grain delivered.
According to Geraldton zone manager Duncan Gray all sites that were scheduled for operation this season are open and ready to receive large amounts of grain this week.
"The weather over the next seven days looks promising and with great conditions for harvesting we should reach the halfway point of harvest quickly," he said.
"Canola is nearly complete with great results and we are now starting to see a lot of wheat being received.
"While the wheat yields have been mixed, quality has been consistent."
Some patches in the zone, such as Balla, are producing well below average results but overall the harvest is on track to give most farmers a good result.
This week's hot spell will see Yuna farmer Murray Brooks almost complete his harvest program.
"We're about 75 per cent of the way through and while it has been a mixed bag, we'll finish off with a pleasant result overall.
"We've left the lupins until last because they're not showing much but the wheat generally has been magnificent.
"Yields vary between 0.7t/ha and 1.5t/ha which reflects the different varieties.
"Bonnie Rock hasn't handled the season well but Mace and Calingiri have stood up and protein is between 13 and 15pc.
"Unfortunately that's taken Calingiri out of the Noodle stack but considering that dry spell in June and July we're going to finish up okay."
Mingenew farmer Darrin Lee was into wheat this week after completing canola, barley and lupin programs.
And with figures still fresh in his mind, it was no trouble reeling off the results.
"We average 0.7kg/ha in canola with 46pc oil, 1.85t/ha in our Feed barley and 1.6t/ha in lupins," he said.
"We've taken off five paddocks of wheat so far and the Cobbler is a pleasant surprise going between 2t/ha and 2.3t/ha with protein as high as 13.8pc.
"We've only had two loads go Hard 2 with the rest Hard 1 so I'm rapt.
"It's an amazing result given the dry June and July with crops showing amazing resilience.
"With quality holding up we're looking at a good result."
In the Kwinana zone receivals should hit the million tonne mark this week.
Deliveries last week saw solid increases with daily tonnages hitting 100,000t a day, as more growers begin programs in the southern areas of the zone.
Kwinana zone manager Brett Jeffrey said the fine weather forecast for the next week should push receivals toward the million tonne mark as early as this Monday.
"It's likely we'll hit that million tonnes early in the week and push up to 1.7 million tonnes by the end of next week," he said.
"In comparison to the 2011/12 harvest we are almost 600,000 tonnes in front of the total from the same time, which is fantastic for growers.
"Most of the deliveries at this stage are canola, with some barley received.
"Some growers are just starting their wheat programs and some good wheat tonnages are starting to come off in the northern areas of the zone."
Bonnie Rock farmer Scott Watson is happy with the harvest so far, despite variability in yields.
"We've finished our barley and that made Feed at 2t/ha and now we're into wheat with yields all over the place," he said.
"Our first paddock went 2t/ha but after that it has been a downhill trend and we're hoping to finish with a 1.4t/ha average.
"We've still got some good-looking crops to finish and I can't wait to get into them."
Konnongorring West farmer Peter Whitfield was celebrating the farm's 100th harvest while he direct-headed Hyola 404 GM canola last week.
"It's going between 1.5 tonnes a hectare and two tonnes and the oil is between 47 and 49 per cent, which is handy," he said.
"We were looking down the barrel earlier but now we'll get an average result.
"When we got rain at the end of July I knew we had a chance to get a result this year."
Marvel Loch farmer Peter Dunbar started his program this week after waiting for crops to hay off on the back of good September rains.
"The hot weather this week will give us a good run at it and if prices can stay around that $300 a tonne mark, we'll be really happy to have gotten out of jail this year."
At Mukinbudin, local farmer John Shadbolt started his program last week and said the tough season would mean no records.
"But we'll finish with a solid result," he said.
"You go into some paddocks and get disappointments but overall there are plenty of pleasant surprises and the grain quality is exceptional.
"We were aiming for the APW pools and that's where most of our grain will end up, so it's a good result."
According to CBH Albany zone manager Greg Thornton last week started well, but harvest was slowed due to rain over the majority of the zone.
"With some finer weather, we expect to see deliveries ramp up," he said.
"Yields so far have been as expected or higher with canola and barley representing the majority of deliveries so far.
"Quality and yields in canola have been good with high oil levels while the quality of barley is mixed.
"We're expecting wheat to come off in the north of the zone this week."
Gnowangerup farmer Kevin Wise was upbeat about his harvest program despite showery rain throwing a spanner in the harvest program.
"Sclerotinia hit canola hard again this year, with the longest flowering period I've ever seen," he said.
"This helped to promote the disease."
But there was still plenty to smile about after he revealed the majority of his better cereal crops should yield between three and four tonnes a hectare, especially the wheat crops which had been planted into last year's canola stubbles.
At Frankland, brothers Grant and Johnathon Egerton-Warburton were set to start crop-topped barley paddocks this week.
The brothers said their family farms had experienced an unbelievable season so far compared to last year's which was helped along by the best early break they'd seen in seven years and a super soft finish.
This year's seeding period started three weeks earlier than last season and was over in no time with the help of a second seeding rig, so the brothers were thankful for the soft finish.
Despite some sporadic rain in the Esperance zone slowing harvest for a few days last week, growers are ramping up programs.
Esperance zone manager Mick Daw said Esperance and Grass Patch topped last week's records for the most grain received on one day.
"It's a good indication of the good crop yields being achieved," he said.
"Most growers are now well into harvest in the Esperance zone, with a reasonable amount of wheat delivered in the eastern part of the zone."
Mr Daw expected grain receivals in the Esperance zone to quickly reach one million tonnes as farmers took advantage of the fine weather.
Wittenoom Hills (north east Esperance) farmer Ashley Reichstein said the run of fine weather would put most farmers on track to complete harvest this month.
"We're 50pc through our program and this week we'll put a real dent in what we've got left," he said.
"We established 4400ha and we've got some good results with barley at 4t/ha going Feed.
"We could have got it into Food grade if we had waited to get the moisture down but the price differential wasn't that much.
"The canola averaged 1.3t/ha with oil averaging 45pc while the wheat we'll be going into this week looks excellent.
"From what I've heard around the district most guys are pleased with the yields but I think the protein will be diluted a bit.
"The best yields I've heard are hitting 5t/ha at 11.2pc protein."