Strict biosecurity and wide vaccination let livestock take part at Nampo Alfa despite foot-and-mouth concerns, as farmers and industry used the show's first day to press for better coordination with government on animal health.
LivestockBetter grazing and cheaper maize are helping South African farmers rebuild cattle and sheep herds, which keeps red meat prices up, while recovering pork and poultry output is pushing those prices down, Absa's spring outlook finds.
LivestockThe Agricultural Research Council will let qualifying manufacturers make its FMD vaccine under licence to add capacity, but procurement, regulatory and biosafety steps must come first.
LivestockSouth Africa's Free State has confirmed another foot-and-mouth case at Fauresmith, taking its total to 799 with 155 active, even after more than 1.66 million cattle received a first vaccination.
The disease was found on a commercial farm in the Kharas Region, inside the country's internationally recognised FMD-free zone, bordering outbreak-hit South Africa.
LivestockTen of 11 cattle sampled on a commercial farm in the Karasburg district tested positive for FMD inside Namibia's recognised disease-free zone, stopping red meat exports and all cloven-hoofed animal movement.
Willie Aucamp says damage from May's floods, which hit more than 10% of the valley's citrus, runs into hundreds of millions of rand, as farmers also count the cost of foot-and-mouth disease.
SAPPO's 2026 AGM heard that since November 2025 the industry has handled the country's largest African swine fever outbreak and 17 FMD incidents in commercial piggeries; revised Section 9 controls came in July, 200,000 vaccine doses were logged on its World of Pork platform, global location numbers
After minister Willie Aucamp put allegations of serious misconduct to the board of Onderstepoort Biological Products, acting chief executive Dr Jacob Modumo was given notice of precautionary suspension pending an independent investigation; the state vaccine agency is alleged to have bought FMD doses
FisheriesOn 18 July 2026 Agriculture and Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said flood-hit farmers in the Chattogram region were receiving seeds, fertiliser and livestock vaccines, and that all livestock in flooded areas would be vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease within 15 days.
CropsOn 14 July 2026 Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid said the government would give farmers hit by heavy rain and hill run-off free seed and fertiliser according to need, supply dry feed for livestock and vaccinate animals against foot-and-mouth disease.
