Newsletter 48 Newsletter No. 47 included reports from South Africa, United States, Australia, Israel, Turkey. Newsletter No 48 included a short report from Australia and New Zealand that referenced production dropping significantly over the past few years listing a few … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 45 – Item 5 Newsletter No. 20, Item 3, discussed the increasing power of the supermarkets and their impact on the agricultural market place. Newsletter No. 45 focused on just 3 of the major International supermarkets to illustrate … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 45 – Items 2 – 4 This newsletter discussed an article on a page of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) web site in 2007. As the following introductory statement under the heading of Farm Management is so … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 44 – November 2006 Item 2 This newsletter reporte the completion of the World Ostrich Association leather grades and published them on the web here. Premium and Super Premium are two additional grades not included in the NOPSA … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 43 – Items 1 & 2 What are the benefits of building a Value Chain? To answer this question, we first need to understand the differences in a Supply Chain, a Horizontal Chain and a Value Chain. What … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 40 – Items 3 & 4 Barriers There are mixed feelings today amongst many we talk to regarding the future of our fledgling industry. Most are aware of the opportunities discussed earlier and the reason for becoming involved … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 40 – July 2006, Item 2d Probably better known in the market place as “alternative meats”, Ostrich currently falls into this sector as defined by the FAO. The important factor in this discussion is the fact that Ostrich, … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 40 – July 2006, Item 2c Understanding the trends related to type of meat consumed is a key factor to understanding why the growth in meat consumption has been so high, population growth and wealth apart. It is … Continue reading →
Newsletter No 40 – July 2006, Item 2b Tonnages in Europe and North America are amazingly similar for the period, see Figure 3 (below) Oceania’s tonnage at only 10% of European tonnage is proportionate to the differences in population in … Continue reading →
The World Ostrich Association (WOA) has a number of publications available to support its members. All are available free to members of the association and most are also available to download in PDF format. These are important docucments to support … Continue reading →
