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 →
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 →
