Photos inspire journey from Argentina to Mid Canterbury farm
13 May, 2021 04:00 AM
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Ashburton dairy farm manager Maria Alvarez was named 2021 Canterbury-North Otago dairy manager of the year. Photo / Supplied
Ashburton dairy farm manager Maria Alvarez was named 2021 Canterbury-North Otago dairy manager of the year. Photo / Supplied
Otago Daily Times
Maria Alvarez was drawn to New Zealand by photographs of a friend s working holiday.
Those photographs started her on a journey from Argentina to working in the New Zealand dairy industry.
She arrived in New Zealand in 2013 and spent the first few years getting settled in. Everyday I get to see a sunrise. It s beautiful, she said last week from her home in Mid Canterbury.
In mid-2020, Canada’s C$170 billion Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) bought a 25% stake in Dairy Holdings, the company founded by Tauranga husband and wife team Colin and Dale Armer.
The sale of 399,900 shares to PSP-owned Sooke Investments was for an undisclosed sum.
Dairy Holdings has grown to more than $1b in assets, holding 59 dairy farms that produce about 17 million kg of milk solids from 50,000 cows. Established in 2001, it is the largest supplier and shareholder in Fonterra.
PSP Investments had been investing in the primary
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India: TPG-backed Dolda Dairy set to raise funds via IPO route
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February 23, 2021
Dodla Dairy Ltd has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the Securities Exchange Board of India to raise funds via an initial public offering.
The main business of the company is the sale of milk and dairy-based value-added products (VAPs) in the branded consumer market. It has a strong consumer recognition, particularly in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
The company plans to raise around ₹800 crore through IPO, a person familiar with the development said.
The public issue comprises a fresh issue of up to ₹50 crore by the company and an offer for sale of up to 10.09 million equity shares by promoters and an investor.