{"id":59264,"date":"2026-04-23T21:56:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=59264"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:56:49","slug":"algerias-baldna-mega-dairy-project-enters-phase-two-635m-deal-signed-30000-us-holstein-cows-to-arrive-by-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=59264","title":{"rendered":"Algeria&#8217;s &#8216;Baldna&#8217; Mega Dairy Project Enters Phase Two: $635M Deal Signed, 30,000 US Holstein Cows to Arrive by Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria has officially signed the second package of the landmark <strong>&#8216;Baldna Algeria&#8217;<\/strong> integrated dairy project, with contracts exceeding <strong>$635 million USD<\/strong>, covering civil works, irrigation systems, concrete plants, and residential facilities \u2014 building on a first phase worth over $500 million.<\/p>\n<p>The project&#8217;s total investment is estimated at <strong>$3.5 billion USD<\/strong>, targeting a long-term herd of <strong>270,000 cattle<\/strong> across approximately 117,000 hectares.<\/p>\n<p>Starting <strong>November 2026<\/strong>, Algeria will airlift <strong>30,000 Holstein dairy cows<\/strong> from nine US states across 109 air shipments over ten months. Airlifting was chosen to minimize transit time, preserve herd health, and accelerate operational readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Seven of ten companies participating in Phase Two are <strong>Algerian firms<\/strong>, and the project is expected to create over <strong>15,000 jobs<\/strong> during implementation, ultimately covering up to <strong>50% of Algeria&#8217;s powdered milk needs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Baldna Chairman Moataz Al-Khayyat told <strong>dzwatch<\/strong>: <em>&#8216;This project is a strategic investment reinforcing Algeria&#8217;s food sovereignty and domestic production capabilities.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Partners include US firms Valmont and Scarff Bros, China&#8217;s CRCEG, Portugal&#8217;s Vilaplano, and leading Algerian companies including GCB SPA, SAPCI, and Redmed Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria has officially signed the second package of the landmark &#8216;Baldna Algeria&#8217; integrated dairy project, with contracts exceeding $635 million USD, covering civil works, irrigation systems, concrete plants, and residential facilities \u2014 building on a first phase worth over $500 million. The project&#8217;s total investment is estimated at $3.5 billion USD, targeting a long-term herd &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}