In 2002, AV Holdings acquired Australian wool merchant Prouvost Hart (aust) Pty Limited, which was absorbed into AV, and later Standard Wool Australia Pty Ltd. Currently, AV owns broker licenses for both Prouvost Hart and Standard Wool.
AV Holdings brings its 30 years’ international experience in successfully owning and operating grazing assets throughout Queensland, as well as Central Australia, the Northern Territory South Australia and New South Wales. We have partnerships with more than 1000 Aussie producers.
From our 1.4 million square hectares of land we export the best Australian-bred livestock and quality meats (Black Wagyu, Red Wagyu, Black Angus, Hereford, Poll Hereford, Shorthorn, Galloway, and Murray Grey) to customers in South America, North America, the Middle East and South Africa.
Australian Sheep
AV Holdings recommend the Dorper and White Dorper sheep for exporting. These sheep are great because they are both easy to care for and produce a high ROI for the producer, with minimal inputs in term of labour, resources and money. The Dorper breed is characteristically adaptable and performs well across a wide range of environmental and climate conditions.
The Dorper are preferred for their excellent feed utilisation and conversion: they don’t need shearing, crutching and mulesing, and they are disease resistant.
Purebred Dorper rams can reach a live-weight of 90-120 kg and ewes 50-80kg. The Dorper carcass has a good conformation and fat distribution.
The Dorper don’t have a defined breeding season and can breed continually. Their breeding intervals can be as short as 8 months or 3 times in 2 years. Running rams with ewes continuously is one option that may stimulate reproduction, however it is also likely that ewes will adjust their fertility according to conditions.
AV Holdings has built its business on passion, commitment and the courage to innovate. We have experience in the supply of Dairy Cattle to would be Dairy farms internationally.
We meet all Australian Government requirements and regulations at every stage of the export process. Ask us about our A2 tissue testing Dairy Cattle procedure.
FEEDLOT SERVICES
Our current Australian property capacity is over 55.000 head, with 30,000 standard cattle unit feedlots, between 70-80 hectares of cropping land under irrigation and 1,500-2,000 hectares of developed pastures.
CATTLE BROKER
We actively actively seek feeder cattle direct from producers to help supply our grain fed markets. We have cattle buyers located throughout Australia who will inspect your cattle.
GRAIN BROKER
We are are buyers of many feed commodities including Wheat, Barley, Sorghum, Cotton Seed, Molasses and most hay/straws. Our feedlots utilise over 100,000 tons of grain and feed commodities per year.
BEEF EXPORTS
We offer domestic and international product marketing and sales of Australian beef quality-certified beef as product, with primary distribution through our extended network in the United States, South America, Europe and South Africa.
LIVESTOCK EXPORTS
We are suppliers of Australian livestock: high quality cattle, horses, camels, sheep and goats to countries around the world, in particular throughout the Middle East and the Americas.
GENETICS
We sell and trade herd improvement genetics (breed proven, young sires and genomic) of Australian sire (Holstein, Jersey, Aussie Red and Illawarra), and also coloured International breeds such as Montbeliarde (FR), Normande (FR), Ayrshire (USA), Guernsey (USA), Brown Swiss (IT) and Milking Shorthorn (USA).
Our Export Brands
Plant & Equipment
Australian Vergara Holdings Pty Ltd. owns and maintains a sizeable fleet of plant and machinery to enable successful operations across the pastoral leases in Queensland, as well as Central Australia, the Northern Territory South Australia and New South Wales
Organic Accreditations
All our pastoral properties in Australia and business activities have the following food and animal care accreditations:
Memberships & Partnerships
Leadership Team
The AV Holdings team manages a cattle herd of around 250,000 head across a strategic balance of properties, feedlots and farms throughout Australia. The team is led by Colombian-Italian entrepreneur Max Vergara Poeti-Marentini, whose family owns the company.
Max Vergara Poeti-Marentini
CHARIMAN
Mr. Max Vergara Poeti is the Chairman of the Australian organic and natural livestock producer and exporter, AV Holdings Pty Ltd. Mr Vergara is the CEO & Chairman of Fiparin, an investment private company and holding company to AV. Under his direction, AV has committed to creating a sustainable integrated business as operations have consistently expanded since his active direction since 2018.
Araceli Cárdenas
Chief executive officer (ceo)
With operational experience at the foundation of her business career, Araceli Cárdenas has cultivated a comprehensive understanding of animal protein production systems. This has been enhanced by her involvement in the processing, marketing, and trading stages of the supply chain with both domestic and international companies. These experiences have fostered an ability to identify synergies and build innovative ecosystems of investments within the red meat industry and beyond.
Glenn Greene
chief operations officer (coo)
Glenn began his career with the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) working on the development and implementation of quality assurance systems in the meat processing sector. He has worked for AV Holdings since its inception and has now been in the lot feeding industry for 20 years. He has actively engaged in and studied the cattle and feedlot industries particularly in South America.
Livestock Shipping Services
AV Holdings exports livestock by sea and air. The industry is recognised as having the world’s highest animal welfare standards for livestock exports and we are committed to ethical and humane treatment of animals. We exclusively export dairy livestock for breeding purposes to approved destinations by airfreight and sea.