A group of concerned cattle farmers, auction houses and transport contractors are considering legal action and damages claims against government and other official organisations in the red meat industry due to damages they are suffering from the current foot-and-mouth...

Interesting read - Paul Implications of trade policy are related to consumer preferences and market structure, according to an analysis by an economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. Model uses Brazil and EU poultry dispute to assess...

Good news for South African consumers is that government recently published a detailed set of standards for the manufacturing of boerewors. Published in the Government Gazette on 26 August under Section 15 of the Agricultural Product Standards Act No. 119 of 1990, the...

he 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 since the start of the war is an additional cost driver of food prices....

Until South Africa can find a way of easing market access barriers, the country will not reach optimal levels of trade. These are the sentiments of Khaya Sithole, a prominent accountant and economics commentator who was speaking during a webinar on the impact of...

Truck congestion around the Durban port is making it difficult for paramedics to respond to emergencies in the area. ALS Paramedics director Garrith Jamieson said in a statement that the firm’s teams had been finding it “extremely difficult” to respond to emergencies...

The government’s ban on the movement of cattle could severely affect the multimillion-rand livestock industry and lead to a shortage of red meat as well as influence prices during December if it lasts more than the proposed three weeks, industry stakeholders say. Ban...

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Even though it maybe shouldn’t have been, it was somewhat surprising to learn that on August 22, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed a commercial broiler breeder flock in California. After all, it had been nearly a month since HPAI was found in a...

South African exporters are struggling to move their cargo to the United States from the Port of Cape Town due to backlogs and a surge in demand for the shipping of refrigerated cargo that is impacting capacity. Exporters face massive shipping backlogs to the US |...

Food grains – wheat, maize and rice – account for over 50% of human caloric consumption and underpin global food security. How animal feed trade affects food security - Essential Meat News Co....