Before I left on my trip I went to the local "South African" store looking to pick up some meat, preferably Kudu. To no avail. Apparently the Beef industry here seems to be scared of some of those diseases and won't let them import it. They tried....
Not impressed!
Best substitute available; Pap! Interesting, but tough to Braai.
I just found this article and it gave me some hope of being able to taste some Kudu on the Braai here at home.
Lyle Renecker is a game rancher in Ontario, Canada. (he raises elk for sale to restaurants.)
With this news that he is obviously investing in Namibia and going to process Kudu and SPringbok with a view to export to North America. I can only hope that means Canada too.
Wonder what my shipping fees will be for that Eland and Kudu meat from the next trip??
Namibia launches R19 million game meat plant
Sun, 15 April 2012
Renecker's Palace Hillside Elk Farm of Canada, along with an investment group of about five game ranchers in Namibia, and US-based Indian Gally International, recently opened a game ranch and meat processing plant in Gobabis in eastern Namibia.
"The facility aims to focus its operations on rearing, value addition to promote production, training, marketing and consumption of meat products," said manager Lyle Renecker. The plant was assembled at a cost of US$2,5 million (R19 million). According to Renecker, animals to be slaughtered at the facility include kudu and springbok.
"We are not restricted to the two (species). Basically any game species qualifies," he said. It is envisaged that the opening of the plant will provide employment opportunities for about 10 and 20 people. He said that the new processing facility will enable direct distribution to North America, Africa and South-East Asia.
Meanwhile, Willem Schutz, manager of information systems at the Meat Board of Namibia, said that the impact of game farming on the beef industry depends on the magnitude of the operation. According to Schutz, an increase in game farming could put pressure on volumes of beef and throughput at export abattoirs." Currently, we do have a shortage in volumes leading to low throughput at export abattoirs, compounded by high fixed costs. This makes it difficult to serve all our markets," Schutz said.
"However, they could complement each other in the targeted markets and if game meat production is planned and structured well, the impact should not be negative. As Namibia is negotiating access to high yield meat markets such as the US, game meat is considered a potentially valuable niche export.
By Servaas van den Bosch
Farmers weekly
Not impressed!
Best substitute available; Pap! Interesting, but tough to Braai.
I just found this article and it gave me some hope of being able to taste some Kudu on the Braai here at home.
Lyle Renecker is a game rancher in Ontario, Canada. (he raises elk for sale to restaurants.)
With this news that he is obviously investing in Namibia and going to process Kudu and SPringbok with a view to export to North America. I can only hope that means Canada too.
Wonder what my shipping fees will be for that Eland and Kudu meat from the next trip??
Namibia launches R19 million game meat plant
Sun, 15 April 2012
Renecker's Palace Hillside Elk Farm of Canada, along with an investment group of about five game ranchers in Namibia, and US-based Indian Gally International, recently opened a game ranch and meat processing plant in Gobabis in eastern Namibia.
"The facility aims to focus its operations on rearing, value addition to promote production, training, marketing and consumption of meat products," said manager Lyle Renecker. The plant was assembled at a cost of US$2,5 million (R19 million). According to Renecker, animals to be slaughtered at the facility include kudu and springbok.
"We are not restricted to the two (species). Basically any game species qualifies," he said. It is envisaged that the opening of the plant will provide employment opportunities for about 10 and 20 people. He said that the new processing facility will enable direct distribution to North America, Africa and South-East Asia.
Meanwhile, Willem Schutz, manager of information systems at the Meat Board of Namibia, said that the impact of game farming on the beef industry depends on the magnitude of the operation. According to Schutz, an increase in game farming could put pressure on volumes of beef and throughput at export abattoirs." Currently, we do have a shortage in volumes leading to low throughput at export abattoirs, compounded by high fixed costs. This makes it difficult to serve all our markets," Schutz said.
"However, they could complement each other in the targeted markets and if game meat production is planned and structured well, the impact should not be negative. As Namibia is negotiating access to high yield meat markets such as the US, game meat is considered a potentially valuable niche export.
By Servaas van den Bosch
Farmers weekly
