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. 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 →
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. 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. 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 →
Newsletter No. 30 – September 2005 Item 2 Dr. Thomas E. Elam Dr. Elam is a scientist from the United States who spent 23 years working as an agricultural economist for Elanco Division of Ely Lily. His areas of expertise … Continue reading →
