The government has begun a vaccination programme but officials have been blamed for a slow response.

Spekboom is everywhere, it’s all anyone talks about … what used to be an Angora goat farming town is now a spekboom town,” says field ecologist Rae Attridge. In the past two years, Nat Carbon, the ...

When Frank was forced to sell the sheep he'd been farming for more than 20 years, something had to change. His "experiment" is helping expats feel at home.

Restrictions placed on the dairy industry by the South African government to curb an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease places it at serious risk, said one of the country’s leading dairy companies.

A warming world "has a serious impact on wildlife and accelerates the spread of viruses," the authors noted, emphasizing a threat to humans and animals alike. Vector-borne diseases like West Nile ...

Dineo Mokgoshi, a South African poultry farmer, transformed her life by founding Segometsi Bagoshi Agricultural Project, now ...

Some say long-term price hikes are unlikely, but short-term shortages of red meat and dairy products may occur due to foot-and-mouth disease.

South Africa on Wednesday rolled out a 10‑year drive to vaccinate nearly 20 million cattle as a fast‑spreading foot‑and‑mouth ...

An Ankole bull, Bumblebee (EPA 20-006), sold for R700 000 at the 12th annual Lasarus Game Farm production auction in ...

The 12th annual Lasarus Game Farm production auction was held on 7 February at the Dorsland Restaurant & Craft Bar in Modimolle, Limpopo. On offer was a wide selection of ...

Restrictions placed on the dairy industry by the South African government to curb an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease places it at serious risk, said one of the country’s leading dairy companies.

Agri SA CEO Johan Kotze says the current FMD outbreak is more severe than anything South Africa has faced before.