Paradise Farms offers a range of infrastructure improvements. Photo: Elders Rural NSW

LIVERPOOL Plains grain-processing facility Paradise Farms is back on the market, presenting an opportunity for producers to value-add and store locally grown commodities.

Located 5km west of Gunnedah, Paradise Farms has operated since 1990, dehulling sunflowers for human consumption and using the byproducts to produce and market horse feed under the Omega Feeds brand.

Owned by brothers Tim and John Reardon, the operation has grown to become Australia’s largest processor of sunflower kernels.

Initially listed in 2022 as a package including land, infrastructure, a processing plant, and a marketing business, Elders NSW Rural co-agents Bob Coote and Ian McArthur have relaunched the campaign, now offering the site and infrastructure for sale.

Priced at $3.8 million, the listing features a 6.5ha landholding on the Oxley Freeway, almost 2000 tonnes of grain storage, three large industrial sheds, office complex and four-bedroom residence.

Mr Coote said he has already had “solid interest from the market”.

He said the facility offered an excellent mix of quality infrastructure at and ideal location in the heart of the highly productive Liverpool Plains.

“The opportunity is for astute buyers to value-add what they grow on their farmers to create further income for them,” Mr Coote said.

“It’s located in the middle of the Liverpool Plains, which comes with this amazing cropping reputation.”

Mr Coote said prospective buyers could also acquire the processing plant, equipment, and business IP to continue operations in a similar capacity.

“The opportunity is the plant and equipment can go with it if somebody wishes to continue that line of business.”

Mr Coote said Paradise Farms was currently operational and had a strong reputation within the industry.

“It’s a vibrant family business that has been up and running since 1990.

“The fully functional plant is used every business day of the week.”

NNSW top sunflower producer

The Liverpool Plains and the region extending north to Moree have traditionally been Australia’s primary sunflower-growing areas.

While sunflower production has stagnated in NSW and declined in Queensland in recent years, northern NSW summer-cropping regions continue to produce reliable volumes.

According to the March 2025 ABARES crop report, Australia is forecast to produce 34,800 tonnes of sunflowers in 2024-25 from 21,000ha.

NSW is by far the largest contributor producing 28,000t, followed by Qld at 6800t.

This total is slightly higher than the 2023-24 figures, when NSW produced 27,000t and Qld 5,000t.

South Australia is also listed as having planted 100ha of sunflowers in 2024-25 which did not translate into harvested volumes.

Interest in growing sunflowers has declined since its peak in the 1990s, when national annual production reached 218,000t, largely due to the closure of crush plants in Qld.