Livestock

At a panel discussion hosted by Nedbank at this year's NAMPO Harvest Day, one message emerged clearly from farmers, scientists, financiers and technology providers: the future resilience of... 

The Pretoria High Court has granted a landmark interim order that Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines may be procured and administered privately, without State veterinary involvement. The court... 

A convergence of geopolitical tensions, higher energy prices and climate risks is reshaping the outlook for agricultural producers, exporters and agribusinesses, thereby creating conditions that... 

Government’s Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) eradication approach is most likely to fail owing to the vaccination rollout being fundamentally inadequate and slow at farm-level, farmer-led initiative... 

Progress is beginning to emerge from the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) crisis for the South African beef industry, according to Louw van Reenen, Chairman of Beefmaster Group. “The industry is... 

South African farmers pinched by mounting costs from the Iran war now face the added risk of an El Niño-induced drought, with implications for lower agricultural output and higher food prices.... 

South Africa's government said on Wednesday that it had received 2 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine from Turkey, as authorities intensify efforts to contain the country's worst... 

Extreme heat is pushing global agrifood systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods and health of more than a billion people, according to a new report by the UN's food and weather agencies....