The Dutch connection
With the Netherlands being the second largest importer of South African fruit, local farmers need to adapt to the Dutch consumers’ preference for sustainably produced food. Prof Nico Visser, agricultural counsellor at the Dutch embassy in Pretoria, spoke to Jaco Visser.
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award-winning female-run ostrich project
On the farm Rockhurst near Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, a group of women are spearheading an award-winning ostrich breeding project
on 4 000ha of government-owned land. Mike Burgess spoke to mentor
Siyabonga Mbombiya, who manages the project, and a number of beneficiaries, about the challenges of production and the competitive Eastern Cape market. Issue date: 12 March 2010
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EU ban on SA ostrich meat 'a rumour'
The department of agriculture is treating recent newspaper reports that the EU is considering banning ostrich exports "like a rumour" said the department's head of communications Tstotso Sehoole. Issue date : 01 August 2008
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Ostriches still big business
Mosstrich, the world’s second largest processor of ostrich products, increased its turnover from R178 million during 2005/2006 to R224 million in 2006/2007. A pre-tax profit of R21,5 million was achieved of which R14,7 million was declared as production b
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Breeding ostriches to fit your farm
Research indicates that at least one aspect of temperament in ostriches can be modified by selection. This could help farmers breed ostriches that adapt better to the intensive farming systems found on most commercial ostrich farms. Roelof Bezuidenhout reports. Issue Date: 12 October 2007
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Game tourism- Oudtshoorn's ostriches charm tourists
Oudtshoorn is home to three ostrich show farms that attract tens of thousands of tourist every year. On a visit to the 50-year-old Safari Ostrich Show Farm Mike Burgess discovers why these prehistoric birds have been an important tourist attraction for more than half a century.
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