Newsletter No. 57 – Items 2 – 3 This newsletter contained signficant data on meat consumption in all regions to illustrate the market potential for ostrich meat and attempt to answer the question “what is the size of the ostrich … Continue reading →
Newsletter No 55 – Item 3 & 4 An important element of any assurance scheme is the Veterinary Health Plan. The Veterinary Health Plan (VHP) is a requirement of most Farm Assurance Schemes and retailers “codes of practice”. The VHP … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 54 Establishing a market for their products is critical to the success of any business. With livestock, it used to be that you would raise your animal and when it was finished, take it to market. Today that … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 52 – Item 2 This statement “Ethical food store opens with £12 ostrich eggs” was the headline of a link published in this newsletter. The link is no longer active, but discussed the Wholefoods Store that had recently … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 50 Item 4 A quote from the article published here: Quote: The small intestine of the newly-hatched chick is immature and undergoes significant morphological, biochemical, and molecular changes during the 2 week post-hatch. The timing and form of … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 50 Item 2 Aviagen is one of the largest poultry companies in the world. All are aware of the tremendous advances made in the efficiency of poultry production. Their article entitled Feeding Broiler Breeders for Chick Quality discusses … Continue reading →
Newsletter No 50 Item 1 Quote: References are very much a double-edged sword, or perhaps a bazooka. In the wrong hands, they can do far more harm than good. And in the, essentially, unchecked system that we now have, one … Continue reading →
Newsletter 48 – Item 3 Newsletter No. 48 discussed processing costs in relation to the country report in Item 1. Processing is made up of a number of processes and it is important to know which processes are included … Continue reading →
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 – 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 →
