by admin | Sep 27, 2013 | Ostrich Economics, Regulations and Standards
Over the past few years the South African Ostrich Industry has experienced a number of outbreaks of Avian Influenza in ostrich which has blocked their ability to export ostrich meat, fertile eggs and livestock. Over the years of our newsletters, we have updated...
by admin | Sep 26, 2013 | Ostrich Economics, Ostrich Industry, Ostrich Markets
Newsletter No. 95 Item 3 A speaker from the Klein Karoo Kooperasie (KKK) discussed a value pyramid during a presentation at The International Industry Strategic Analysis held in 1999 and reported here. The speaker was suggesting that it was important to keep the...
by admin | Sep 22, 2013 | Ostrich Breeding and Genetics
Newsletter No. 95- Item 2 In January 2011 the FAO sent the WOA a questionnaire asking if the WOA had a Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources and if so for information on that plan. The document was drawn up in 2008 and can be viewed here. The objective...
by admin | Sep 13, 2013 | Ostrich Economics, Ostrich Production
This article discussed Food Particle Size and the use of the Bygholm Sieve as a tool to evaluate the accuracy of the particle size. The importance of particle size is as important with ostrich production as it is with pig farming, though the particle sizes will be a...
by admin | Sep 11, 2013 | Ostrich Economics, Ostrich Production
Newsletter No: 94 This is the title of an article that can be viewed at the Pig Site. It references a new series of ‘Knowledge Transfer Bulletins’ from BPEX. The topic covers an extremely important aspect of livestock production and the basic principles are as true...