The World Ostrich Association publishes newsletters monthly on 1st Day of each month. Current newsletters are available to members only. Join here to read the current Newsletters. Members can go directly to all newsletters by clicking on all the links below. Archived Newsletters are available for all to read from this index.
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2012 |
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| January |
No. 94 |
1. Season’s Greetings
2. FAO Food Outlook
3. Feed Efficiency: On-Farm Checks
4. Bygholm Sieve and Food Particle Size |
No 106 |
1. A Happy New Year to All our Members
2. Ostrich Production Survey - follow up report from British Colombia
3. Editor Comments on Report
4. South Africa - Avian Influenza update |
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| February |
No. 95 |
1. Dioxine Contaminated Animal Feed in Europe
2. FAO Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources
3. The Ostrich Value Pyramid |
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| March |
No. 96 |
1. Proposal over GM Material in Feed Endorsed
2. Growth Curves of Ostrich
3. Was it incompetence by those scientists or does it go deeper?
4. Floods in Australia
5. Middle East |
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| April |
No. 97 |
1. Increasing Food Prices
2. The UFAW Farm Handbook
3. The Five Freedoms
4. Body Condition Scoring |
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| May |
No. 98 |
1. Avian Flu in South African Ostrich
2. Farmer Slaughter Bird Payment Systems
3. How do Buyers of Slaughter Birds verify the Age of Birds?
4. What is the percentage Value of Ostrich Meat in the Overall Value of the Bird? |
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| June |
No. 99 |
1. Rogue Traders
2. South Africa Avian Flu Update
3. Variation in Turkey Meat Colour: a Consumer Issue in Germany
4. Genetic Improvement by Natural Selection
5. How does consumer fear of GM Crops affect Ostrich Production? |
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| July |
No. 100 |
1. The 100th Edition
2. South African Influenza Outbreak Update
3. OECO-FAO Agricultural Food Outlook 2011-2020
4. G20 Agricultural Ministers Action Plan |
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| August |
No. 101 |
1. World Pig meat hitting record levels while sow numbers tumble
2. World Meat Consumption Projections
3. Guidelines to Evaluate Bird Size and Development
4. Avian Influenza South Africa, update |
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| September |
No. 102 |
1. Purpose of World Ostrich Association
2. Animal Welfare – Slaughter Plant Monitoring
3. Costs of Purchasing Ostrich Eggs and Chicks
4. South Africa – Avian Influenza Update |
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| October |
No. 103 |
1. What is “scientifically proven”?
2. What is a “Variable” when conducting any experiment or trial?
3. What is Veldt Pasture and Pasture?
4. Importance of getting chicks eating in first week
5. South Africa Avian Influenza
6. Annual General Meeting 2011 |
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| November |
No. 104 |
1. Food Prices and Sustainability
- Rabobank
- FAO
- World Population Growth
2. Ph in Ostrich Meat
3. Understanding Dry Matter in Nutrition
4. Annual General Meeting 2011 |
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| December |
No. 105 |
1. Avian Influenza still active in South Africa
2. Defining Nutrient Density
3. Benefits of Recording Feed Conversion
4. Ostrich Production Survey |
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2008 |
| January |
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1. New Year Greetings
2. Avian Influenza
3. Introducing Alan Benyon
4. Country Liaison Report from Iran
5. Published Papers
6. Production Starts with the Breeders
7. Benchmarking Ostrich Production
8. Guidelines on Avian Influenza for Ostrich
9. Contributions |
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1.Seasons Greetings
2. January 2006
3. WOA Publications
4. Marketing
5. Country Liaison Reports |
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1. Happy New Year
2. Avian Influenza
3. Papers from World Ostrich Conference in Latvia
4. Marketing
5. Industry Information
6. Nutrition
7. Anatomy
8. Incubation
9. Semen Collection
10.Products |
| February |
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1. Ostrich Benchmark Performance Targets
2. Meat Muscle Sizes
3. Skins and Meat
4. Pricing Meat
5. The Role of the WOA Supporting Meat Marketing and Pricing
6. WOA Logo - Usage by Members.
7. Contributions |
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1. Developing Markets
2. South Africa
3. United States
4. Australia
5. Israel
6. Turkey
7. Projections of Global Meat Production - 2050
8. Summary
9. Comparative Annual Meat Tonnage (graphic |
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1. Introduction
2. Genetics
3. Forage Testing
4. Alfalfa suitable for most climates |
| March |
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1. Avian Influenza
2. Breeder Valuation
3. Pricing Ostrich Meat
4. Ostrich Meat Grading
5. Developing WOA Logo for Marketing
6. Contributions |
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1. Avian Influenza
2. Breeder Valuation
3. Pricing Ostrich Meat
4. Ostrich Meat Grading
5. Developing WOA Logo for Marketing
6. Contributions |
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1. Genetics and Incubation
2. Poultry Nutritionists and Veterinarians – How interactive are they?
3. Optimum Vitamin Nutrition™
4. Feather Pecking
5. Avian Influenza – Saudi Arabia Ostrich Negative
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| April |
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1. Avian Influenza Update
2. A Guide to Valuing Ostrich
3. Understanding Productive Value, or Relative Feed Value of Alfalfa
4. Producer Education
5. WOA Documents
6. Contributions |
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1. Developing countries are developing a taste for beef (article)
2. Meat Quality
3. Grain Prices Rising
4. South Africa – missed opportunities
5. Coping with Water Scarcity
6. Meat Consumption Comparisons by Region |
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1. Food – Who Pays the price?
2. Review of the Ostrich Industry
3. Global Production Statistics
4. How Much Does it Cost to Produce an Ostrich?
5. Saving Feed Costs with Faster Growth
6. Do we care enough about water? |
| May |
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1. Introduction
2. Six Ways to increase your Income
3. Information on the Internet
4. Ancient Ostrich Eggs found in Israel
5. Contributions |
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1. Scientific Referencing
2.Feeding Broiler Breeders for Chick Quality
3.Newly Hatched Chicks and Early access to Feed
4.Breeding for Meat Quality and High Yield Products
5.How Animal Welfare Affects Shopping in Europe |
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1. Food Security
2. Current Global Food Situation
3. Optimising Resources
4. Managing Risk in Feed Price Policy
5. Botswana Ostrich News Report |
| June |
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1. Avian Influenza Update
2. The Future of Animal Agriculture in North America
3. Economics of Production, Processing and Marketing
4. Animal Protein Consumption
5. Impact of Government Policies on consumer demand
6. Annual General Meeting/Director Nominations
7. Contributions |
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1.FAO Statistical Year Book
2.Ostrich Production News
3.Feed Costs
4.Optimum Egg Quality – a practical approach |
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1. Global Agricultural Trends
2. Animal Welfare Improving Profitability
3. Factory Farming and Animal Welfare
4. Production Livestock Web Sites
5. Press Release on Collecting Ostrich Semen |
| July |
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1. Future Demand of Ostrich Meat
2. Trends
3. Barriers
4. Opportunities
5. AGM
6. Contributions |
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1.On Line Magazines
2.Marketing Starts on the Farm
3.The Importance of Attention to Detail
4.History of Feedstuff Availability
5.Communication |
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1. More Pressure on Feed Prices
2. Farm Management Pocket Book
3. Growth Rate Chart for Ostrich Chicks
4. Residue Monitoring
5. Frequently Asked Questions |
| August |
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1. Web Site Changes
2. New Director
3. Optimising Nutrients
4. Daryl Holle
5. South African Avian Influenza Update
6. Contributions
Supplement: Nutrient recycling on humanity's menu |
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1. The Greatest Threat to the Industry
2.Report of First International Ostrich Meat Congress
3.Marketing Starts on the Farm
4.Carbon Monoxide Meat Packaging
5.Eliminating Variability
6.Brazil Export Meat to Europe |
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1. Global Economy
2. Increasing Demand for the ‘4 Fs’
3. Small Farmers and Ostrich
4. Financial Impact of Volume
5. AGM 2008 |
| September |
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1. Introduction
2. Report from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
3. Directors Comments
4. WOMRAD
5. Web Site
6. AGM and Meeting in Vietnam
7. Contributions |
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1.Translation
2.Marketing Starts on the Farm
3.Food Safety/Consumer Health
4.Traceability
5.Animal Welfare
6.Residues
7.Quality
8.Disease Control
9.Reliability of Supply
10.From Farm to Fork |
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1. Ostrich in the News
2. Volume Production
3. Ostrich Cluster Structure
4. Halaal Slaughter
5. AGM 2008 |
| October |
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1. Introduction
2. The Benefits of Building a Value Chain
3. Practical Examples of Value Chains
4. Clothing Industry to use Chicken Feathers
5. World’s Largest Ostrich Egg
6. Contributions |
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1.Translation
2.EurepGap becomes GLOBALGAP
3.Veterinary Health Plans
4.Nutrition and Health
5.AGM Reminder |
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1. Global Financial Markets
2. World Meat Congress
3. Supply Chain
4. Gut Health
5. AGM 2008 |
| November |
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1. World Ostrich Congresses
2. Leather Grading
3. Costs of Production
4. Science and Technology of Livestock Production
5. Looking through the Archives – Breeder Production Goals
6. Transitioning to Commercial Production
7. Contributions |
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1.World Poultry Ostrich Blog
2.SA Deregister Hormonal Growth Stimulants in Ostrich
3.Increasing Demand for Meat Protein
4.What is our Market?
5.Ostrich Meat Prices
6.World Ostrich Congress(s) 2007
7.World Ostrich Association AGM |
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1. Global Financial Markets
2. Ostrich Sandwich Guinness World Record Attempt
3. FAO World Food Day
4. Food Safety
5. AGM 2008 |
| December |
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1. New Look Newsletter
2. Agricultural Outlook
3. Farm management
4. Commercialisation of Small Holder Agriculture
5. International Supermarkets |
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1. World Food Situation
2. Alternative Feed Ingredients: An opportunity to combat high feed prices?
3. Understanding Variables
4. Genetic Gains: FCR should be the Focus |
