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Know who you're putting a grower's load into before it's too late to get it back

For independent grain and cotton brokers, when a buyer going under doesn't just cost the grower — it costs the broker who put them together.

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Loadward Concept preview

Buyer check

What the public record says about this buyer, before you commit a load.

Check a buyer
ASIC company statusRegistered
Court judgments found0
Overall verdictClear
  • Buyer A — grain trading companyActive ASIC registration, no court judgments, no insolvency notices found
    Clear
  • Buyer B — cotton merchantOne court judgment recorded in the last 12 months
    Flagged
  • Buyer C — new trading entityCompany registered under 6 months ago, no trading history found
    Thin history
  • Buyer D — grain accumulatorDirector linked to a separate insolvency in the last 3 years
    Flagged

Sound familiar?

What people are putting up with today

  • A string of Australian grain trading companies have gone insolvent in recent years, leaving growers unpaid and brokers wearing the fallout.

  • One collapsed grain trader alone took debts of close to $19 million with it; another left around $7.5 million owed to unsecured creditors.

  • Delayed payment is already flagged as one of the clearest signs a buyer is in trouble — by the time it shows up, the load is usually already gone.

How Loadward works

Loadward is a plain-English check on a specific buyer, run before you commit a grower's load to them. Enter the buyer's business name or ABN and get back what the public record actually shows — company status, court judgments, director history and known insolvency notices — instead of trading on reputation and hoping for the best.

  1. 01

    Enter the buyer's business name or ABN before you commit a grower's load to them.

  2. 02

    We pull together what the public record shows — ASIC company status, court judgments, director history, and known insolvency or industry warning notices.

  3. 03

    You get a plain verdict within a day: clear, flagged, or thin history — before the load leaves the farm, not after the buyer's gone quiet.

In their words

What people are saying

Real quotes from public reviews and forums, with names removed. None are about Loadward — it isn't available yet.

Delayed payments being one of the classic red flag signs when assessing the ability of your buyer to pay.
Industry coverage
It is possible to take out counterparty insurance when selling grain, with a number of insurance companies offering this as a service that will provide some protection if the buyer goes bust.
Industry coverage

Founding access

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Loadward is opening to a small group of founding members first.

  • Early access before public launch
  • A locked-in founding price
  • A direct say in what gets built

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For investors

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