South Africa was the first country in the world where ostrich farming started on a commercial basis, in the mid-1820s feathers were harvested from live ostriches. The Ostrich Farming Industry of South Africa has grown enormously and South Africa is now the world’s largest supplier, 75% of ostrich products.
A warm dry climate, excellent farm management, selective breeding, technologically advanced egg incubators and certified ostrich abattoirs deliver products of supreme quality, mainly to the European Union.
South African ostrich products include fresh and processed meat such as ostrich fillets, biltong and sausage, ostrich leather products and ostrich feather products.
Evidence of ostrich shells can be traced back as far as 7000 B.C when they were most probably used as a gift of tribute, drinking vessels or...
Ostrich farming in South Africa is small compared to the local beef, chicken and pork farming industries, but contributes up to 75% of the w...
The South African ostrich industry was created around the commercial farming of ostriches for their feathers and led to the crossbreeding of...
South African ostrich leather, with its distinct textured pattern of feather follicles, has a reputation of quality, durability and beauty. ...
Ostrich meat is low-fat red meat, rich in iron, produced in sustainable, mostly free-range farming systems. Birds are raised to about 90 kg ...
Ostrich production in South Africa is unique in the sense that it is a low-carbon footprint, sustainable and socially responsible farming sy...
Wild ostriches have roamed the African continent for centuries. These animals featured in Egyptian hieroglyphs and rock art, their feathers ...
When slaughtering and processing ostriches, it is important to evaluate the ostrich as a whole, because it has three main products - meat, s...