AFTER several years trying to curtail the rapid spread of Foot and Mouth disease across South Africa, the livestock sector there is now in crisis. South Africa lost its FMD free status in 2019, ...

At a media briefing in Cape Town on Wednesday, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen outlined a 10-year strategy to contain ...

South Africa’s pork industry is facing growing pressure as confirmed cases of both African swine fever and foot-and-mouth ...

Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen announces the formation of a Foot and Mouth Disease Industry Coordination Council, ...

Farmers are sceptical of Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen’s plan of action for foot-and-mouth free status in SA.

The Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, on Wednesday, 14 January, updated Parliament on the status of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in South Africa, and called for it to be declared a national s ...

A KZN dairy farmer loses all 1,300 cattle to foot-and-mouth disease, blaming delayed vaccines as the outbreak devastates livelihoods.

However, commercial farmers say that vaccine shortages and slow implementation are worsening a devastating crisis ...

Botswana’s veterinary authorities have issued fresh warnings over the growing risk of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) spreading ...

Organised agriculture has cautiously welcomed the agriculture minister’s FMD plan, but warns delays threaten food security and exports.

South African meat lovers can expect prices to continue to rocket for at least the next three months, as the outbreak of Foot ...