Newsletter No. 62 – Item 4 There are an increasing number of reports and articles written to advise producers on how to manage the effects of the increasing feed prices as they represent the highest single input cost. When prices … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 62 – Item 3 Any discussion on feed ingredients and optimising the use of resources has to include the important role of Alfalfa. At a time when there are concerns regarding world shortages of water, Table 1 shows … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 62 Item 3a Improving production performance offers the greatest opportunities for optimising resources. Some examples: Breeders consume approximately 2,300 kilograms of feed per trio per annum. Genetically ostrich can produce 100 and more eggs, but only when the … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 61 – Item 4 The following is the header for an article in Feed Formulator, published this week. (2013 note: This article was published in 2008 but the principles discussed remain important today as the are the basis … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 61 – Item 3 Newsletter No. 19 included a table summarising production from 1993, the last year before deregulation of the industry in South Africa to 2004, when it was becoming clear that the industry in South Africa … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 60 The following blog, authored by Mojtaba Yegani, was published this month under the title: Poultry Nutritionists and Veterinarians – How interactive are they? on the World Poultry web site. The poultry industry is a complex network of technical … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 59 – Item 3 & 4 This section of the newsletter discussed the importance of testing the forage fed to production livestock to ensure the nutritional profile of the batch is accurate to enable the nutritionist to balance … Continue reading →
Newsletter No 59 – Item 1 & Item 2 The meat market is highly competitive and never more so than today, with rapidly increasing ingredient prices that make excellent feed conversion ever more important. Previously we have discussed the tremendous … Continue reading →
Press reports from South Africa this week are reporting the theft of feathers with the perpetrators caught on Monday (8th April, 2013). These thefts are not from the manufacturers, but directly from the live birds in their pens – birds … Continue reading →
A new case of avian influenza was reported this week (April 2013) in South Africa. To put this outbreak into context it maybe helpful to provide a reminder of the situation over the past couple of years as it has … Continue reading →
