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Role players in the South African beef industry believe that, although they have come at a rather late stage in the game, the government-enforced restrictions on the movement of cattle in the country are imperative to the sector’s survival. The South African beef industry is seeing some positive results from

RPO took note of the latest monitoring report on the FMD outbreak as released by the Department of Agriculture. The Red Meat Producers Organization (RPO) took note of the latest monitoring report on the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak as released by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

Sneeu by The Cavern in die noordelike Drakensberge teen die middel van Augustus 2022. Foto: Megan Bedingham Veeboere word gemaan dat sneeu tot Dinsdagaand oor dele van die OosKaapse berge, asook die suidelike en suidoostelike dele van die Drakensberg kan voorkom en gevaarlike koue toestande vir vee kan skep. Die

Bewerings oor ongerymdhede, ongeregtighede en misbruik van likwidasies om Landbank en ander landbou-ondernemings se uitstaande skuld van boere in te vorder, noop ’n onafhanklike ondersoek. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Agri-inisiatief (Saai) het tydens sy verteenwoordigersdag in Pretoria in die teenwoordigheid van invloedryke boere van regoor Suid-Afrika ’n ondersoekfonds gestig om die oorsprong

Na raming was daar rondom 2000 EFF-ondersteuners op Senekal op 16 Oktober 2020. Die meeste was baie militant en “Kill the boer” is kort-kort gesing. Foto: Willem van der Berg Dit is teleurstellend dat die gelykheidshof in Johannesburg beslis het dat die lied “Kill the boer” nie haatspraak is nie

The higher agricultural commodity prices since Russia invaded Ukraine continue to filter into the food price inflation data. AUGUST 24, 2022 The higher agricultural commodity prices we’ve observed in the months since Russia invaded Ukraine continue to filter into the food price inflation data. Moreover, the higher fuel price inflation

  Die ministers van landbou, grondhervorming en landelike ontwikkeling Thoko Didiza en handel en nywerheid Ebrahim Patel het ʼn besluit deur die Volksrepubliek China verwelkom om die verbod op wolprodukte van Suid-Afrika weens die uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer op te hef. Suid-Afrika vervaardig meer as 42 miljoen kilogram wol van 8 000

Livestock farmers in Botswana are at odds with that country’s government with regard to regulations that allow the government to repossess stray livestock and sell them at public auctions. The latest statistics from Botswana’s Ministry of Local Government showed that between March 2017 and March 2018, the government repossessed almost 6

Plase tussen Polokwane en Mokopane het onlangs deurgeloop onder vernietigende wegholbrande. Die warm weer en sterk winde het bygedra tot die vinnige en verwoestende verspreiding van hierdie brande wat alle wild- en beesweiding verwoes het. Ongeveer 30 000ha is met hierdie brande verwoes en 17 plaaseienaars is hierdeur geaffekteer. Een

AGRI EC, NATURAL RESOURCES, PRESS RELEASE, TRADE & ECONOMICS Aug 19, 2022 Yesterday’s Gazette, imposing a restriction on the movement of cattle nationally for 21 days, except under a red cross permit for slaughter at a registered Abattoir, is a knee jerk and irrational measure taken by the Minister to be seen to