
The complex is currently leased and operated by AgConnex. Photo: Elders
THE CARRATHOOL Grain Complex, a commercial-scale grain storage and handling facility in New South Wales’ Riverina, has come to market.
The 22.6ha site features approximately 95,480 tonnes of grain storage in a combination of silos and bunkers.
Located 58km east of Hay and 117km west of Narrandera, the Carrathool Grain Complex is currently being leased and operated by AgConnex, which uses the site to store winter cereals including durum, hard wheat, and barley.
Before AgConnex took over management, the site was operated by Grainlink, a grain storage and trading company which went into voluntary administration in June 2023.
The company’s four entities were restructured in October of that year and purchased by related business, Australian Grainlink.

The site features silo and bunker storage. Photo: Elders
The firm was rebranded to AgConnex under management of chief executive officer Geoff Barker and director Dean Sylvestro.
AgConnex also manages the former Grainlink sites at Benerembah, Coleambally and Wumbulgal.
Elders Deniliquin agent Matt Horne said the Carrathool site was well maintained and in good working order.
He said a significant amount of crushed rock had been applied across the site to ensure sufficient access for heavy vehicles, and bunker maintenance was a regular part of the pre-harvest repairs and upkeep program.
“It has really good working infrastructure, and maintenance and work has continued at the site,” Mr Horne said.
He said the ideal location of the facility in the heart of the Riverina cropping region made it an attractive investment for a new or existing operator.
“It’s a great location on Conargo Road off the Sturt Highway, which opens it up to a lot of the irrigation farmers off the Murrumbidgee.
“There is quite a lot of irrigated crop being grown further south with those deep irrigation bores.”
The site features 7480t of vertical grain storage consisting of four 1750t silos equipped with aerators, internal tabletop augers, a drive-over hopper and bucket elevator, and two 240t cone-based silos.
The remaining 88,000t of storage is via six central bunkers including compacted gravel bases, formed roads, and drainage to a storage dam.
Other infrastructure includes an office complex with an adjoining weighbridge, a sample stand, and a machinery shed and workshop.
Mr Horne said the site had space available for the potential buyer to install more silo storage.
“There’s plenty of room across the northern end of the block where you could at least triple the upright, vertical storage.”
The Carrathool Grain Complex is for sale by expression of interest closing at noon February 27.
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