Newsletter No. 34 – January 2006 Item 5 & 6 There are an increasing number of papers published on Ostrich matters. The April issue, Newsletter No. 25 carried an item “Are Your Goals High Enough?” This item concluded: Quote: “Currently … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 31 – October 2005 Item 4 Communicating with producers in different countries and travelling as I am able to do provide the opportunity to see tremendous variations in agriculture in different countries. Travelling in Bulgaria this month was … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 30 – September 2005 Item 4 & 5 Environmental Impact Dr. Elam’s discussions relate to making a case that the increased production can come only from intensive farming operations, that anything different will put too much pressure on … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 30 – September 2005 Item 3 Figure 1 shows the production growth by specie since 1961. Figure 2 demonstrates the percentage of the total of each specie and shows very clearly the contribution of Pork and Poultry in … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 30 – September 2005 Item 2 Dr. Thomas E. Elam Dr. Elam is a scientist from the United States who spent 23 years working as an agricultural economist for Elanco Division of Ely Lily. His areas of expertise … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 30 – September 2005 Item 1 Agriculture used to be many small producers growing their produce or livestock and when ready they would take it to the market. Since the end of the 2nd World War there have … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 29 – August 2005 Item 2 The SAOBC [South African Ostrich Business Chamber] published a new article in July under the heading of Research and Development. The article is written in Afrikaans and no longer available on line … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 28 – July 2005 Item 2-6 History Ostrich can be reared without Alfalfa included in their diet, but at a tremendous cost to the producers in lost production and putting at risk the long term commercial success of … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 24 – March 2005 Item 1 Increasingly Nutrition is the being recognised as the cause and the treatment of many health problems today. Despite this many still argue that nutrition is not the primary cause of the majority … Continue reading →
