Newsletter No. 72 – Item 3 The laws relating to the labelling of our foods are becoming increasingly stricter. Wearing the hat of a consumer, the more I know about the ingredients that are in the food I eat, the … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 72 – Item 1 This newsletter published in 2009 reported a request to the British Domesticated Ostrich Association (BDOA) received for the nutritional value of Ostrich Meat. Quoting the words: “I have seen the energy, fat and protein … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 51 – Item 1 Wildlife resources: a global account of economic use [1] is a book published in 1996. The aim of the book is to discuss the use of wildlife resources, both from a domestication view point … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 7 – Item 3 This article published last month (Nov 2008) on The Pigsite provides another perspective on benchmark performance figures that maybe easier to monitor and a very effective benchmark measurement of profitability. The reasoning given is … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 69 – Item 4 The comments below refer to Pigs, but the principles are exactly the same for ostrich and illustrate just how far we have to go yet with ostrich and the opportunities when achieved: Quote: “Processors … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 69 – Item 2 One way some attempt to reduce costs is to seek alternative feed ingredients. This has been a very common practice with Ostrich production, even when the main feed ingredients were at reasonable prices. More … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 67 Item 4 This item discussed an article under the subject title : Gut Health: Is Anything More Important in Turkey Production? This article was published during the month of publication of this newsletter, October 2008. When reading … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 67 – Item 3 Figure 1 is taken from a slide 18 in a presentation by Rabobank at the World Meat Congress of 2008. The presentation is no longer available on line. This presentation discussed the impact of … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 65 – Item 4 Newsletter No. 64 discussed the effects of low, medium and high production to demonstrate how efficiencies in production methods improve performance. The article illustrated the impact on the overall profitability in money terms. The … Continue reading →
Newsletter No 67 – Item 1 & 2 This newsletter opened with the dominating news in that week October 2008. That news was the unfolding of the banking crisis. The report went onto comment: At the time of writing there … Continue reading →
