GRAINCORP'S new $14 million, 230,000 tonne site at Calleen in southern NSW is set to be ready for receivals by harvest time.
The 70-hectare greenfield site is located 23 kilometres from West Wyalong on the Condobolin Road.
The company admitted it would be a "dead heat" for Calleen to be finished in time for harvest, but nevertheless remained confident it would be ready in time.
GrainCorp has even issued forward contracts to growers.
The rail infrastructure, however, is not expected to be finished until February 2016.
Calleen forms part of GrainCorp's $200m Project Regeneration storage and infrastructure program announced last year.
To date, $61m had been committed to infrastructure development in 2015 and the remainder is set to be rolled out across the next two years, with rail upgrades on the cards.
Southern NSW will receive $21 million investment in 2015, including the Calleen site.
GrainCorp had previously upgraded its Ardlethan site, Junee is set to gain a second receival point, and Red Bend's capacity would be almost doubled to total 200,000t.
Calleen was one of three sites considered for development.
It is located on the existing Lake Cargelligo branch line which was the deciding factor.
"It sits right on the fringe of a 36-hour cycle time to Port Kembla, that was the crucial factor," said GrainCorp operations manager southern NSW Warwick Smith.
"Our big export program fires up in February and March so it will be good timing for us to finish the rail by then."
GrainCorp's existing Ungarie and Wyalong sites, both with 70,000t capacity, would remain open, he said.
Calleen will have nine bunkers in total, which will be accessed from either side, and the weighbridges will be 54 metres long, GrainCorp regional manager for southern NSW Sarah Roche said.
Ten truck lanes which will merge into two by the sampling stand, before becoming a single lane onto the weighbridge.
Ms Roche said the traditional sampling method would be used for the 2015 harvest, but an Australian-first auto-sampling system is on the cards for the future.
Last week more than 20 growers from the region visited the new site which had just started to take shape and were briefed on the projects status.
One weighbridge had been installed and it is expected more than 100,000t of gravel would have to come onto the site in coming months.
