Newsletter No. 73 – Item 3 Originally Roche, but now DSM, irregularly produce interesting nutritional fact sheets with excellent information. The article Nutrition at Work – Vitamin Variability (no longer available), discussed the dangers in modern nutrition of dependency on … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 72 – Item 5 The “Feed Management Education Project” is a program funded by the USDA and other partners in the United States. They have a full list of different “feed management” education documents. One is published on … 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. 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. 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. 64 – Item 2 The Farm Management Pocket Book is a book published in the UK for farmers to use as a guide for production targets, costs of production and potential revenue to establish gross margins in the … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 62 – Item 4 There are an increasing number of reports and articles written to advise producers on how to manage the effects of the increasing feed prices as they represent the highest single input cost. When prices … Continue reading →
Newsletter No. 62 – Item 3 Any discussion on feed ingredients and optimising the use of resources has to include the important role of Alfalfa. At a time when there are concerns regarding world shortages of water, Table 1 shows … Continue reading →
