Newsletter No. 23 – February 2005 Item 5 Newsletter #17 discussed the increasing power of the supermarkets. Figure 1 demonstrates their dominance in the UK market. Butchers have only 1% share of the total grocery market. A survey on customers … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 23 – February 2005 Item 3 The UK Pig industry is introducing a Quality Standard Mark. The industry is investing £1million (US$1,87m) to launch the initiative. Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the manner in which animals producing … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 23 – February 2005 Item 2 The definition of Best Practice is leading edge thinking, practically applied which brings competitive advantage. The definition of Good Practice is established wisdom, widely applied and often embodied in law, codes of … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 23 – February 2005 Item 1 The purpose of our newsletters is to keep our members informed of industry issues and developments. The greatest challenge that our industry faces at this time is lack of production. Frik Kriek … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 27 – June 2005 Item 1 Contributed by Paul Benson, Ontario, Canada In any well established industry, the only source of value to participants comes from the end-user of the products. Their purchase dollars pay everyone’s bills and … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 26 – May 2005 Item 4 A benchmark is: a standard by which something can be measured or judged. Benchmarking is the process of determining who is the very best, who sets the standard and what that standard … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 25 – April 2005 Item 3 Taking the discussion above a step further let me cite a few papers that prove the current production challenges facing our industry: a. Recent Advances of Ostrich Nutrition in South Africa: Effect … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 24 – March 2005 Item 4 The World Ostrich Association has an important role to play in communicating meaningful data. In 1997 I developed a questionnaire. The reason I developed the questionnaire was that most all in the … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 24 – March 2005 Item 2 Aquaculture, another new agri-processing industry, has shown rapid expansion in recent years, going from 7million metric tonnes in 1980 to 38million metric tonnes in 2001. Figure 1 shows the comparative growth rate … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 22 – January 2005 Item 4 The following is the opening statement of a document entitled “Factors Affecting Poultry Meat Quality” produced by Julie K. Northcutt a scientist from The University of Georgia: Quote: Before poultry meat quality … Continue reading →
