The World Ostrich Association publishes newsletters monthly on 1st Day of each month. Current newsletters are available to members only. Join here to read the current Newsletters.
Archived Newsletters are available for all to read from this index. You will note that many newsletters reference external links - over the years these external websites are updated and some links may no longer work. All were active at date of publication.
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2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| January |
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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 |
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1.Seasons Greetings
2. January 2006
3. WOA Publications
4. Marketing
5. Country Liaison Reports |
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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 |
| February |
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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 |
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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 |
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1. Introduction
2. Genetics
3. Forage Testing
4. Alfalfa suitable for most climates |
| March |
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1. Avian Influenza
2. Breeder Valuation
3. Pricing Ostrich Meat
4. Ostrich Meat Grading
5. Developing WOA Logo for Marketing
6. Contributions |
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1. Australia and New Zealand
2. Analysis and Discussion
3. Processing Costs
4. Principles of Productive Agriculture
5. Maximising Performance, Reducing Production Costs
6. Bird Flu Turkeys – England |
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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
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| April |
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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 |
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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 |
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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? |
| May |
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1. Introduction
2. Six Ways to increase your Income
3. Information on the Internet
4. Ancient Ostrich Eggs found in Israel
5. Contributions |
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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 |
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1. Food Security
2. Current Global Food Situation
3. Optimising Resources
4. Managing Risk in Feed Price Policy
5. Botswana Ostrich News Report |
| June |
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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 |
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1.FAO Statistical Year Book
2.Ostrich Production News
3.Feed Costs
4.Optimum Egg Quality – a practical approach |
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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 |
| July |
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1. Future Demand of Ostrich Meat
2. Trends
3. Barriers
4. Opportunities
5. AGM
6. Contributions |
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1.On Line Magazines
2.Marketing Starts on the Farm
3.The Importance of Attention to Detail
4.History of Feedstuff Availability
5.Communication |
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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 |
| August |
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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 |
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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 |
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1. Global Economy
2. Increasing Demand for the ‘4 Fs’
3. Small Farmers and Ostrich
4. Financial Impact of Volume
5. AGM 2008 |
| September |
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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 |
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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 |
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1. Ostrich in the News
2. Volume Production
3. Ostrich Cluster Structure
4. Halaal Slaughter
5. AGM 2008 |
| October |
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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 |
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1.Translation
2.EurepGap becomes GLOBALGAP
3.Veterinary Health Plans
4.Nutrition and Health
5.AGM Reminder |
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1. Global Financial Markets
2. World Meat Congress
3. Supply Chain
4. Gut Health
5. AGM 2008 |
| November |
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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 |
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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 |
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1. Global Financial Markets
2. Ostrich Sandwich Guinness World Record Attempt
3. FAO World Food Day
4. Food Safety
5. AGM 2008 |
| December |
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1. New Look Newsletter
2. Agricultural Outlook
3. Farm management
4. Commercialisation of Small Holder Agriculture
5. International Supermarkets |
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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 |
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2004 |
2003
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January |
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1. Happy New Year
2. AGM - Any Other Business Supplement Minutes
3. New Year - New Initiatives
4. Meat Quality
5. Discussion
6. New Case of BSE |
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1. Happy New Year
2. Country Liaison
3. Understanding Our Market
4. Membership Invitation
5. Quality Standard Marks
6. Minutes AGM |
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1. New Year Greetings
2. Communicating
3. Membership
4. Meat Standards
5. Chile Conference
6. Future Conferences
7. Meat Quality
8. Country Liaisons |
February |
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1. Purpose of Newsletter
2. Best Practice vs Good Practice
3. Quality Mark Support
4. Market Statistics
5. Market Information
6. Industry Solutions |
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1. Director Resignation
2. Globalisation - Economic Impact of Bad Publicity
3. Industry Comparisons
4. Conference in China
5. Normal vs Usual
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1. Chile 2003
2. WOA Members Get Savings on Ostrich Magazine "Ostrich & Around"
3. Meat Standards Committee Report
4. Member Contributions and Participation
5. Chile 2003 Program |
March |
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1. The importance of Nutrition in Disease Control
2. Comparative Industry Growth Rates
3. Do we have an Industry?
4. Obtaining Meaningful Data |
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1. Breeder Market to Commercial Production
2. Conference in China
3. Roche Nutrafacts and Feed Mixing Accuracy
4. Cutting the Costs of Production
5. New Slaughter Plant in Alberta, Canada |
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1. Back on Line
2. Country Liaison
3. Chile
4. Bulgaria
5. Members Only Pages
6. Changing Email Addresses |
April |
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1. Looking through the Archives
2. Conventional vs Alternative Medicine
3. Are your Goals High Enough?
4. Research Farm Update
5. Hatching Chicks |
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1. Conference in China
2. Chairman's Opening Address
3. Cooperation
4. Research Farm
5. Chairman's Closing Statement
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1. Moving Forward
2. Principles of the WOA
3. Dissemination of Information
4. Who are your Directors?
5. Slogans
6. Country Liaisons
7. Email Address - Hotmail |
May |
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1. World Ostrich Marketing, Research and Development (WOMRAD)
2. Member Question
3. No Production - No Industry
4. Benchmarking
5. How do we get Meat Prices up and keep them up?
6. How do we establish our meat as a Niche Healthy Product?
7. Cranking up Production - What is the potential rate of growth?
8. Development of WOMRAD
9. Avian Influenza update and advise |
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1. Avian Influenza
2. UK Slaughter
3. Developing Contracts
4. Member Activities
5. New Director
6. New Web Pages
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1. Which Direction is our industry heading?
2. What do Meat Buyers Look for?
3. What can we learn from other livestock industries?
4. Definition of a Carcass
5. Definition of Meat Yield
6. Bulgaria Conference Cancelled
7. Changing email address |
June |
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1. Creating Long-Term Value in the Industry
2. Looking through the Archives
3. Science and Agriculture
4. Examples of Misinformation
5. News from South Africa |
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1. The Role of the World Ostrich Association
2. The Need for Standards
3. The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC)
4. Member Activities and Requests
4a - The Philippines
4b - Australia
4c - Bulgaria
4d - Ethical Practices
4e - Request for reports
Supplement |
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1. What has Happened to the WOA
2. Resignation of Directors
3. New Chairman and Directors
4. New Web Site http://www.world-ostrich.org
5. AGM
6. Change of WOA Contact Email addresses
7. Changing Your Email Address |
July |
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1. Make Poverty History
2. Alfalfa/Lucerne - History
3. Alfalfa/Lucerne - Where can it be grown?
4. Alfalfa/Lucerne - Quality
5. Alfalfa/Lucerne - Water Consumption
6. Alfalfa/Lucerne - Productive Value |
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1. CL Report from Spain
2. Ostrich Leather, What is the Problem?
3. Selling Chicks in South Africa
4. Email Address
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1. What has Happened to the WOA
2. Resignation of Directors
3. New Chairman and Directors
4. New Web Site http://www.world-ostrich.org
5. AGM
6. Change of WOA Contact Email addresses
7. Changing Your Email Address |
August |
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1. Klein Karoo Group Acquisitions
2. Research and Development
3. Ostrich Meat - the Driving Product
4. Opportunities
Supplement |
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1. The Role of the WOA to Increase Bird Revenue
2. Poor Hatchability in South Africa
3. Increasing Power of the Super Markets
4. Ostrich Products Namibia Diversification
5. Director Elections
6. CL Reports |
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September |
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1. Value Chain vs Supply Chain
2. Dr. Thomas E. Elam
3. Ostrich Contributing to the Future Demand for Meat
4. Environmental Impact
5. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Contributions to Meat Production |
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1. South African Industry Report
2. Value of Slaughter Bird
3. Increasing Revenue Per Slaughter Bird
4. Chick Mortality
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1. Welcome
2. Introduction
3. Product Committees |
October |
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1. Ostrich Supply Problems
2. South Africa lift self imposed Export Ban
3. Revenue per Bird
4. Low Yield Agriculture vs High Yield Agriculture |
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1. Avian Influenza Update
2. South African Press Reports
3. Advice of the WOA
4. Dependency on Export markets
5. Current World Ostrich Production
6. Interpreting the Production Figures
7. Administration |
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1. Web Site Down
2. Current Membership
3. Newsletter and Mailing List Contributions
4. Chile Conference
5. Markets
6. Standards |
November |
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1. The Global Business of Food
2. Measurements of Business Performance
3. South African Ostrich Meat Exports Resume
4. Klein Karoo take over Exotan
5. 3rd Annual General Meeting |
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1. Avian Influenza South Africa - Press Release
2. Avian Influenza South Africa - Editor's Comment
3. Understanding our Markets
4. Country Liaisons
5. Annual General Meeting |
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December |
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1. Introduction
2. Report on 2005 International Ostrich Industrialization Congress, the World Ostrich Development Congress XII and International Ostrich Industry Development Situation
3. Need for International Cooperation
4. Supply
5. Price
6. Technology
7. Decrease Costs of Production and Improve Quality of Products
8. AGM
9. Avian Influenza
10. Thank You and More Contributions |
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1. Annual General Meeting
2. Membership
3. What is our Competition
4. CL Report from Australia
5. News from South Africa
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