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Newsletter Contents

The newsletters are published monthly on 1st Day of each month. The following are the contents of each newsletter. The full newsletter is available to members only. Join here to read the World Ostrich Association Newsletters. Members can go directly to the newsletters by clicking on the links below.

 
2008
2009

2010

January 1. Happy New Year
2. Avian Influenza
3. Papers from World Ostrich Conference in Latvia
4. Marketing
5. Industry Information
6. Nutrition
7. Anatomy
8. Incubation
9. Semen Collection
10.Products
No. 70 1. New Year Greeting
2. Land Grab
3. MTF – Meat per tonne of Feed, is it a better benchmark figure?
4. The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2008
No. 82 1. New Years Greetings
2. Business Model
3. Start Up Business need to Convert New Technology to Economic Value
4. Business Models and Ostrich
February No. 59

1. Introduction
2. Genetics
3. Forage Testing
4. Alfalfa suitable for most climates

No. 71 1. Domestication of Livestock
2. Middle East Tops List for Brazilian Exports in ‘08
3. Global Feed Manufacture
4. Production Report from Saudi Arabia
5. Currency updates
No. 83 1. Potential Threats
2. Artificial Meat (In Vitro)
3. Low Fat no longer a key selling point?
4. New Opportunities
March No. 60

1. Genetics and Incubation
2. Poultry Nutritionists and Veterinarians – How interactive are they?
3. Optimum Vitamin Nutrition™
4. Feather Pecking
5. Avian Influenza – Saudi Arabia Ostrich Negative

No. 72 1. Ostrich Meat Nutritional Values
2. World Food Situation
3. Food Labelling and SMEs
4. Frozen Food Market
5. Dry Matter Determination in Animal Feed
No. 84
1. South Africa: Heatwave Kills more than 2,000 ostriches
2. Surface Temperature Records: Policy Driven Deception
3. City Food Lecture – Managing the Earth’s Resources to Deliver Food for Nine Billion
April No. 61

1. Food – Who Pays the price?
2. Review of the Ostrich Industry
3. Global Production Statistics
4. How Much Does it Cost to Produce an Ostrich?
5. Saving Feed Costs with Faster Growth
6. Do we care enough about water?

No. 73 1. Food Marketing and Safe Quality Food Institutes
2. Prospects for Agricultural Markets and Income in the European Union 2008-2015
3. Vitamin Variability in Feed Ingredients
4. Avoiding Mixing Mistakes
No. 85
1. South Africa – Grahamstown Abattoirs Shut Down by water shortage
2. Now it’s CowGate
3. University of Alberta Videos
4. Innovative new designs in production
May No. 62 1. Food Security
2. Current Global Food Situation
3. Optimising Resources
4. Managing Risk in Feed Price Policy
5. Botswana Ostrich News Report
No. 74 1. Ostrich Value Chain
2. Developments in Southern Africa
3. Access to Markets
4. Infrastructure
5. Funding
No. 86
1. The State of Food and Agriculture 2009 - Summary
2. Drivers of Consumption Trends
3. Food Security and Poverty Reduction
4. Ensuring development is environmentally sustainable
5. Balancing animal and human health requirements
6. Conclusion
June No. 63 1. Global Agricultural Trends
2. Animal Welfare Improving Profitability
3. Factory Farming and Animal Welfare
4. Production Livestock Web Sites
5. Press Release on Collecting Ostrich Semen
No. 75 1. Ostrich Value Chain
2. Defining Volume
3. The Missing F Word
4. Talking Genetics
5. FOA Launch Animal Welfare Portal
No. 87 1. Accessing Markets 
2. Optimizing meat colour with feed formulations
3. Climate Change – Global Cooling
July No. 64 1. More Pressure on Feed Prices
2. Farm Management Pocket Book
3. Growth Rate Chart for Ostrich Chicks
4. Residue Monitoring
5. Frequently Asked Questions
No. 76 1. Investor’s Eye Australian Poultry
2. Global Food Prices
3. Africa’s Sleeping Giant
4. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service – Crop Explorer
No. 88 1. The Past and Present of Ostrich Production in Turkey
2. Tracking the True Tale of Turkeys
3. Assurance Schemes 
4. Welfare in the News
August No. 65 1. Global Economy
2. Increasing Demand for the ‘4 Fs’
3. Small Farmers and Ostrich
4. Financial Impact of Volume
5. AGM 2008
No. 77 1. Cutting Costs and Adding Value
2. Defining the Whole Chain
3. Efficiencies in the Ostrich Chain
4. Welfare in the News
   
September No. 66 1. Ostrich in the News
2. Volume Production
3. Ostrich Cluster Structure
4. Halaal Slaughter
5. AGM 2008
No. 78 1. Importance of Disease Control and Adequate Residue Monitoring
2. Performance Data Drives Improvement
3. Alternative Feed Ingredients
4. Certification Schemes – EU Impact Assessment
   
October No. 67 1. Global Financial Markets
2. World Meat Congress
3. Supply Chain
4. Gut Health
5. AGM 2008
No. 79 1. Integrated Food Safety
2. Traceability
3. Animal Feed
4. Laboratory Quality Assurance
5. Biosecurity
6. Managing Food Control Systems
7. Good Practices and Quality Assurance
   
November No. 68 1. Global Financial Markets
2. Ostrich Sandwich Guinness World Record Attempt
3. FAO World Food Day
4. Food Safety
5. AGM 2008
No. 80 1. Ostrich Industry Reports
2. Australian Biosecurity Manual
3. Reports from the Pig Industry
4. Soya Availability
5. FAO Examining Land Tenure
   
December No. 69 1. World Food Situation
2. Alternative Feed Ingredients: An opportunity to combat high feed prices?
3. Understanding Variables
4. Genetic Gains: FCR should be the Focus
No. 81 1. FAO Agrees Stronger World Food Security Governance
2. GM Feed Does Not Make GM Chicken
3. Calls for Livestock Production Cuts
4. Climategate
   

 

 
2006
2007
January
1. New Year Greetings
2. Avian Influenza
3. Introducing Alan Benyon
4. Country Liaison Report from Iran
5. Published Papers
6. Production Starts with the Breeders
7. Benchmarking Ostrich Production
8. Guidelines on Avian Influenza for Ostrich
9. Contributions
1.Seasons Greetings
2. January 2006
3. WOA Publications
4. Marketing
5. Country Liaison Reports
February
1. Ostrich Benchmark Performance Targets
2. Meat Muscle Sizes
3. Skins and Meat
4. Pricing Meat
5. The Role of the WOA Supporting Meat Marketing and Pricing
6. WOA Logo - Usage by Members.
7. Contributions
1. Developing Markets
2. South Africa
3. United States
4. Australia
5. Israel
6. Turkey
7. Projections of Global Meat Production - 2050
8. Summary
9. Comparative Annual Meat Tonnage (graphic
March
1. Avian Influenza
2. Breeder Valuation
3. Pricing Ostrich Meat
4. Ostrich Meat Grading
5. Developing WOA Logo for Marketing
6. Contributions
1. Avian Influenza
2. Breeder Valuation
3. Pricing Ostrich Meat
4. Ostrich Meat Grading
5. Developing WOA Logo for Marketing
6. Contributions
April
1. Avian Influenza Update
2. A Guide to Valuing Ostrich
3. Understanding Productive Value, or Relative Feed Value of Alfalfa
4. Producer Education
5. WOA Documents
6. Contributions
1. Developing countries are developing a taste for beef (article)
2. Meat Quality
3. Grain Prices Rising
4. South Africa – missed opportunities
5. Coping with Water Scarcity
6. Meat Consumption Comparisons by Region
May
1. Introduction
2. Six Ways to increase your Income
3. Information on the Internet
4. Ancient Ostrich Eggs found in Israel
5. Contributions
1. Scientific Referencing
2.Feeding Broiler Breeders for Chick Quality
3.Newly Hatched Chicks and Early access to Feed
4.Breeding for Meat Quality and High Yield Products
5.How Animal Welfare Affects Shopping in Europe
June
1. Avian Influenza Update
2. The Future of Animal Agriculture in North America
3. Economics of Production, Processing and Marketing
4. Animal Protein Consumption
5. Impact of Government Policies on consumer demand
6. Annual General Meeting/Director Nominations
7. Contributions
1.FAO Statistical Year Book
2.Ostrich Production News
3.Feed Costs
4.Optimum Egg Quality – a practical approach
July
1. Future Demand of Ostrich Meat
2. Trends
3. Barriers
4. Opportunities
5. AGM
6. Contributions
1.On Line Magazines
2.Marketing Starts on the Farm
3.The Importance of Attention to Detail
4.History of Feedstuff Availability
5.Communication
August
1. Web Site Changes
2. New Director
3. Optimising Nutrients
4. Daryl Holle
5. South African Avian Influenza Update
6. Contributions
Supplement: Nutrient recycling on humanity's menu
1. The Greatest Threat to the Industry
2.Report of First International Ostrich Meat Congress
3.Marketing Starts on the Farm
4.Carbon Monoxide Meat Packaging
5.Eliminating Variability
6.Brazil Export Meat to Europe
September
1. Introduction
2. Report from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
3. Directors Comments
4. WOMRAD
5. Web Site
6. AGM and Meeting in Vietnam
7. Contributions
1.Translation
2.Marketing Starts on the Farm
3.Food Safety/Consumer Health
4.Traceability
5.Animal Welfare
6.Residues
7.Quality
8.Disease Control
9.Reliability of Supply
10.From Farm to Fork
October
1. Introduction
2. The Benefits of Building a Value Chain
3. Practical Examples of Value Chains
4. Clothing Industry to use Chicken Feathers
5. World’s Largest Ostrich Egg
6. Contributions
1.Translation
2.EurepGap becomes GLOBALGAP
3.Veterinary Health Plans
4.Nutrition and Health
5.AGM Reminder
November
1. World Ostrich Congresses
2. Leather Grading
3. Costs of Production
4. Science and Technology of Livestock Production
5. Looking through the Archives – Breeder Production Goals
6. Transitioning to Commercial Production
7. Contributions
1.World Poultry Ostrich Blog
2.SA Deregister Hormonal Growth Stimulants in Ostrich
3.Increasing Demand for Meat Protein
4.What is our Market?
5.Ostrich Meat Prices
6.World Ostrich Congress(s) 2007
7.World Ostrich Association AGM
December
1. New Look Newsletter
2. Agricultural Outlook
3. Farm management
4. Commercialisation of Small Holder Agriculture
5. International Supermarkets
1. World Poultry Ostrich Blog
2. World Meat Consumption Data
3. Market Size
4. What is our Current Selling Price?
Supplement: World Meat Consumption Data

 

 

 

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