Biofuels and Agribusiness

Biofuels and Agribusiness

by | Apr 10, 2014 | White Papers

By Rick Kleyn, SPESFEED (Pty) Ltd, South Africa. Biofuels are truly the topic de jure in agricultural circles. It is likely to be the single most important event in agriculture for decades. Those of us involved in Agribusiness need to have a grasp of what this...
Wildlife nutrition & feeding

Wildlife nutrition & feeding

by | Apr 9, 2014 | White Papers

By Brett Roosendaal, SPESFEED cc, Nutritional Consultants, P.O. Box 10294, Rivonia 2128. Tel: (011) 803 2050. In their natural environment wild species have little need for supplementary feeding as their free ranging habits enable them to pursue more nutritious...
To be or not to be – integrated

To be or not to be – integrated

by | Apr 9, 2014 | White Papers

By Rick Kleyn Writing editorial comment is a fairly daunting task for someone who normally writes quasi-scientific articles. In this forum I am allowed to express an opinion without having to backup any claims or ideas in any way at all. For this reason I thought that...

Spring 2007

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Newsletters

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 General News 2 Riboflavin in Monogastric Diets 3 Broiler, Water Consumption and Stress 4 The Banff Pork Seminar 5 Feed Intake and Feed Efficiency in Dairy Cows This has been an interesting year for our industry thus far. I would imagine that the...

Summer 2007

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Newsletters

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 General News 2 Feeding the young broiler chick. 3 Protein and Amino Acid levels in Layer Diets 4 Effect of the Processing of Full Fat Soya on Broiler Performance 2007 promises to be a busy year. The AFMA Forum will be held at Sun City during March,...
Some thoughts on stocking Density in Broilers

Some thoughts on stocking Density in Broilers

by | Apr 9, 2014 | White Papers

By Rick Kleyn, SPESFEED (Pty) Ltd. Increasing the stocking density of our broiler operations is a way in which producers can increase their return on investment. They do increase their risk levels as well, as the consequences of high stocking density may lead to...

Summer 2006

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Newsletters

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 General News 4 Effective Biosecurity: The case for compliance and regional perspective 6 Chick Quality: An Update 8 What Type of Mixers should we use? As you may be aware, much of the international work that I have done in the past has been on...

Summer 2005

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Newsletters

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 General News 2 Thoughts on coccidiosis control and shuttle design. 3 Reducing sow mortality 4 Visit to West and Equatorial Africa 5 Growing Broilers under Contract Welcome to the first newsletter of yet another new year. I would like to start off...

Spring 2005

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Newsletters

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 General News 2 Challenges in feeding the modern sow 3 Protein Levels in Broiler Breeder Diets 4 Essential Details of Broiler Breeder Management: Robinson’s Top Ten 5 Growing Broilers under Contract 6 Mycoplasma gallisepticum This is the final...