June 2012 Junie 2012 LandLand ReformReform ImbizoImbizo 2828 Treating Poultry Diseases without Antibiotics - 48 New Performance Manufacturing Enhancement with Incentive Launched Sodium Diformate 26 46 The official mouthpiece of the South African Poultry Association | Die amptelike mondstuk van die Suid-Afrikaanse Pluimveevereniging Founded 1904 | Gestig 1904 | www.sapoultry.co.za Ross Poultry Breeders A Division of Astral Operations Ltd Welverdiend Farm Heidelberg-Meyerton Road Meyerton 1960 ROSS JUNJUN || 1212 CONTENTS | Features FROM THE DESK | UIT DIE PEN VAN 03 From the desk of the CEO 06 SAPA Statistics: Executive Overview: Broiler Industry Potential Dear Reader Production Report 10 Egg Marketing: Eggs are Magic Activations Medical matters with Dr Don McNamara in South Africa Introduction 12 SAPA News: Project Progress 16 Training and Development Update Phew! Avi Africa 2012 has come and gone: the staff 20 PDMA is on a roll are tired but happy at its success and hopefully you 22 Today in the USA: Sanderson farms follows favourable U.S. feel the same. Any feedback on any of the AGM trend in profitability process, the exhibition or the conference will be 24 Northern Views: Importance of imports appreciated. The practical production session seemed 26 News/Nuus: New manufacturing incentive launched to be successful; as this was the first time we 28 Honest dialogue the hallmark of land reform Imbizo conducted such a session, we need delegate 29 ABSA launches farmer’s payment solution 30 Agri SA reageer op Zuma uitspraak oor plaasverwaarlosing feedback. Attendance seemed to have been slightly Simbiotiese verhouding is belangrik vir sukses binne up; we will confirm this in next month's letter. grondhervorming 32 AVI Africa Banquet “The decision taken on the levy is important for 36 Out and About: AVI Africa 42 AVI Africa Special Awards the continuation of our services to the industry” 44 DPFO Page: Gauteng farmer’s indaba ends with MOU between Dept. of Agriculture and SAPA 46 Poultry Science: Performance enhancement with sodium Statutory Levy diformate in broilers world-wide 48 Treating poultry diseases without antibiotics The next round of committee meetings starts in June and there is much to be 50 How Genetic improvements impact on management and discussed. The renewal of the statutory levy and the full approval of the PDMA husbandry business plan are going to be high up on the agendas. The decision taken on the levy 62 A Page in Time is important for the continuation of our services to the industry. We will be 64 Birthday Page consulting in various ways, including through regional meetings, and will ask you to 65 DownTime formally agree the final proposal before submitting the plan for final Management 66 PuzzleMania Committee approval and onward transfer to the National Agricultural Marketing Council. The next step is to ask all committees what projects they want us to do on Poultry Bulletin | Pluimvee Bulletin their behalf. Once that is agreed, we will cost these projects and each committee will Subscription rates: Free to members; non-members R420.00 p.a. have to agree on the costs thereof. At each point we will send the proposals to Intekengeld: Gratis aan lede; Nie-lede R420 p.j producers for their own inputs. Official mouthpiece of the South African Poultry Association. For private circulation only . Amptelike mondstuk van die Suid-Afrikaanse Pluimveevereniging. Welsynsake Alleenlik vir private verspreiding. Copyright Reserved | Kopiereg voorbehou. Verlede maand het ons weer mediablootstelling gehad in terme van 'n produsent News, views, content and opinion in this publication does not waar welsyn gefaal het. Op 'n ware joernalistieke manier is die waarheid weerhou necessarily represent the views/policies or positions of the South African Poultry Association. omdat dit 'n goeie storie sou bederf en alles moontlik was gedoen deur die koerant, Nuus, standpunte, inhoud en menings in hierdie publikasie om nie 'n gebalanseerde storie weer te gee nie. Die punt hier is dat alle produsente 'n verteenwoordig nie noodwending die mening, beleid of standpunt van potensiële risiko staan om aan sulke sensasionale verslaggewing blootgestel te word. die Suid-Afrikaanse Pluimveevereniging nie. Of dit nou 'n ontevrede werknemer, 'n aktivis, of enige ander 'fluitjieblaser' is, Published by: produsente moet gereed wees om met sulke insidente te deel. Suid-Afrikaanse Pluimveevereniging South African Poultry Association “Die NDBV het die reg om plase en slagpale te Printed by: Colorpress (Pty) Ltd, 6 Prop Street, Selby Ext 11, Jhb Editor: Cameron Mackenzie - [email protected] inspekteer, maar het geen reg om van die media CEO: Kevin Lovell - [email protected] Brand Manager: Masanda Peter - [email protected] vergesel te wees nie” Advertising: Louisa Nel - advertising@ sapoultry.co.za Design and Layout: Jelliweb - [email protected] Die Bedryfskode is daar om 'n maatstaf te verskaf en om gedrag te regverdig. Gebruik Subscriptions: Cynthia Ncube - [email protected] dit tot julle voordeel. Neem ook asseblief kennis dat die NDBV die reg het om plase Letters to / Briewe aan: [email protected] en slagpale te inspekteer. Hulle hoef nie 'n afspraak te maak nie, maar het geen reg Physical Address: Wild Fig Business Park, Block C, 1494 Cranberry Street, om van die media vergesel te wees nie. Dit is vir jou om te besluit of mediatoegang Honeydew Ext 19 tot die perseel toegelaat word. Daar mag van NDBV personeel verwag word om aan Postal Address: P.O. Box 1202, Honeydew, 2040, South Africa standaard bio-sekuriteit vereistes te voldoen en om nie enige bewyse wat hulle Tel: 0861 Poultry or 0861 768 5879 or versamel, aan die media vry te stel nie, want hulle word toegang tot die perseel Tel: 011 795 9920 | Fax: 011 795 2590 03 JUNE 2012 PLUIMVEE POULTRY BULLETIN FROM THE DESK OF THE CEO toegelaat in terme van die magte aan hulle toegeken deur die Broiler Issues Dierebeskermingswet, nie as joernaliste met volmag nie. Ons is beskikbaar om produsente in hierdie verband by te staan indien julle The broiler happiness quotient has hit a new low level. Imports bedreig voel in enige geval deur die media en/of die NDBV. continue to surge. All I can say now is that we are working hard on a number of approaches to deal with the problems. May brought good The Code of Practice is there to give you a reference point to news in that the judgement in the USA anti-dumping matter was measure yourself against and to justify your actions. Use it to your given in a manner which ensured that the duties were valid and advantage. Please also note that the NSPCA have the right to inspect capable of renewal; great news for us indeed. However, we have your farms and abattoirs. They do not need to make an appointment been advised that the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters but have no right to bring the media with them. It is for you to and Shoprite/Checkers have served notice to appeal the Court decide whether you want to give the media access to the site. You decision on the USA anti-dumping matter. We will be cross appealing may require of the NSPCA personnel that they comply with all of this to ensure that the duties remain in place. As and when there is your standard bio-security requirements and may also bind them to progress I will keep you all informed. We expect also to have to take not release any evidence they collect to the media as you grant them on Brazil/AMIE in a court somewhere about the likely imposition of access to the farm in terms of powers granted top them under the duties against certain Brazilian products and have prepared for such Animal Protection Act, not as journalists by proxy. We are available an eventuality. to assist producers in this regard if you feel threatened in any way by Our real disaster as an industry is the new draft regulations on brining the media and/or the NSPCA. which will serve no purpose other than to bankrupt most local producers. These draft regulations are truly shocking and we are Ostrich Business Chamber devoting a lot of time to address the risks they pose to us. A new position at SAPA, funded entirely by the broiler industry, will I am very happy to report that the Ostrich Business Chamber is now hopefully be filled during June or at the latest in July. This new a member of SAPA as a fully fledged fifth affiliate which will remain person will devote all of his or her time to keeping the broiler self funding and participate in a range of joint activities to improve industry alive and getting it out of the ICU. This appointee will be the overall health and well being of the broader poultry industry. very busy designing and managing our advocacy programme. This is Exactly how this will happen needs to now be discussed and something that the industry has, until now, not thought of as implemented. necessary but it is now clear that we have to get various stakeholders to know and accept that we produce products which “Our name has changed to the South are good for South Africans. African Poultry Association” Competition Commission SAPA had another session with the Competition Commission during Renaming of SAPA May. It seems that all that is still to be resolved is the frequency with which we issue statistics and if we can sort this out then the matter will be brought to a close and we can all move on with our lives. Our name has changed to the South African Poultry Association They have asked us for more information which has been provided rather than the Southern African Poultry Association after Congress and I am hopeful that this matter has but a few months left to run.