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As South African farmers battle one of the worst foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in years, the financial and emotional strain is deepening across the livestock sector. “It’s having this huge ...

Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen and Western Cape Premier Alan Winde oversee the mass vaccination of livestock against Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) disease in the Fisantekraal area in Cape Town.

CAPE TOWN - Agriculture Minister, John Steenhuisen, says it's all systems go for the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine rollout. More than one million vaccines are expected by next week. The Western Cape ...

Government is set to vaccinate the national herd of at least 14 million cattle, as South Africa grapples with one of the worst outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) the country has experienced.

As South Africa’s cattle farmers battle a devastating foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, pig farmers have been hit by a double blow: FMD and African swine fever. This is pushing up the price of ...

KwaZulu-Natal has emerged as the epicentre of the current devastating outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) among cattle, with farmers, desperate for the new locally made vaccine, resorting to the ...

Namibia estimates it needs far more money than it has already set aside to shield its livestock industry from an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that has plagued cloven-hoofed animals in ...

South Africa is currently walking a high-stakes tightrope. As we enter February 2026, the agricultural sector faces a perfect storm where domestic animal health emergencies and international trade ...

South Africa has released its first locally produced vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in nearly two decades, the country's Department of Agriculture said. At a press briefing, Minister of ...

For farmers like Gerhard Cloete in the Free State, promises by Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen to deal with the foot‑and‑mouth (FMD) disease have come too late. After 42 years of paying his ...

JOHANNESBURG - AgriSA has welcomed the release of South Africa’s first locally produced foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine in more than 20 years, describing it as a major step forward in combating ...