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 →
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 →
Newsletter No. 38 May 2006 – Item 2 Many of you will have read Alan Stable’s last news letter and the 6 ways he gave to increase income. It all sounds excellent advise, but how can we apply this advice … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 37 – April 2006 Item 3 Understanding the Productive Value/Relative Feed Value (RFV) of Alfalfa The Blue Mountain Ostrich Feed Company has been a strong advocate for using high quality Alfalfa (Lucerne) as the forage ingredient in commercial … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 37 – April 2006 Item 2 Last month we announced that your directors would develop a guide to Valuing Ostrich. This has now been completed and is available to members to download on the website. Compiling the document … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 34 – January 2006 Item 7 Benchmarking is a method of understanding the norms as achievable targets, but more importantly understanding that they are targets to be improved on. Agricultural production has survived the ongoing price/cost squeeze by … Continue reading →
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 →
