One of the most important aspects of ostrich farming, and creating a business management profile for the enterprise, is a risk analysis. Once identified, it is likely you will face in your business, you can make plans for every possible scenario ahead of time in your business plan, and will not be caught off guard if and when the risk is realized.
Many livestock farmers have been caught off guard by a storm or sudden breaking current. Some have had the misfortune of their livestock buyer decide not to buy, after all, at the last minute. How to react to these risks will determine the success or failure of your venture ostriches.
We look at a number of risks you possibly face :.
Supply Chain
For your ostriches to remain happy and healthy, they need to eat every day. How will you ensure that the power supply are required each day is delivered on time? He wants to keep the extra rations in case the supplier is unable to deliver on time? Want to sign a contract to enforce their supplier to provide in time? What can you do if the supplier does not carry the correct feed or the required amount of feed?
Dates of slaughter.
Once the date of slaughter has arrived, it turns out that the slaughterhouse did not prepare for your arrival. How can it be prevented? And 'essential for a phase of productive transformation that both the slaughterhouse and the undertaking of ostrich farm take to their dates of slaughter. These should be set well in advance and strictly respected.
power outages.
Although this risk is not a problem on some farms ostrich, can become a big problem during the incubation of ostrich eggs. What precautions you have put in place in the event of a power outage? How long will your incubator can maintain its heat, humidity and air flow in case of interruption? There is an alarm to warn of a power failure? You'll need a generator to run the ignition? If you use a generator, how will he keep the deadly fumes to enter the incubator to prevent deaths in the ostrich eggs?
young chicks still require artificial heat in the brooding phase will be supplied with heat from an additional source during power outages. So what can you do to ensure that these chicks do not suffer from the cold? Some farms depend on electric fences to protect the ostriches from poachers and predators. It will be a power outage longer influence the fences? What backup plans can be done?
Do you have a refrigeration unit for the meat processed ostrich? Is there a backup plan to keep them going in the event of a power outage?
market needs.
It 'very important to assess the risks on the market well in advance. It has the market means the service requires the certification? If so, where will you get this certification? This must be done in advance of slaughter in some cases, and in other cases even before the first ostrich arrives in the farm.
How the market will be providing services to its stable? What will you do if a major buyer withdraws from a contract at the last minute? Where you will find an additional market for your products? It 's always worth looking at potential markets, although they do not produce enough to provide immediately all markets. This will ensure that you can stay competitive, because you know the market, and it will open the way for the eventual expansion of your company ostriches. It will give you a place to offset alternative in case of emergency.
inclement weather.
With changing weather patterns worldwide, is necessary to make a risk analysis including with regard to how the weather is concerned. We all know that climate models provided in our area, but also in this case we are still caught off guard by sudden changes or fierce storms. You want to have a place of refuge for your ostriches in case of extreme weather conditions? If there is no barn, would you be able to build some kind of shelter for them?
When extremely cold hit South Africa in the late 190s a farmer protect his cattle from the cold winds lethal stacking bales of hay in a solidly constructed circle, and kept them all night. He suffered losses, while all the district's farmers have suffered hundreds of losses due to all their livestock. The key has been in preparation.
There are not many more risks to be assessed. If a fire breaks out in one of the pens, as you can save the ostriches? Alternatively, if there is a flood, what can you do? If you identify as many possible risks, and set in motion plans for these risks, the ostrich farm will never be caught off guard.
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