# The Western Cape Agriculture Department is urging livestock farmers to remain alert and exercise caution. This follows new outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease reported in Newcastle and Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, which have also spread to Mpumalanga and Gauteng, via auctions. The department’s spokesperson, Mary James, says farmers are advised to only purchase animals from trusted sources […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, het die eerste massa-inenting van pluimvee in Suid-Afrika aangekondig om plaaslike pluimvee teen voëlgriep te beskerm. Vyftig dieregesondheid-tegnici is op kort kontrakte aangestel om met die inentingveldtog te help. Intussen sê Steenhuisen sy departement het ook 72-miljoen-rand se entstowwe by Botswana gekoop om bek-en-klouseer te bekamp. Hy sê […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has announced the first mass vaccination of poultry in South Africa to protect the local flock from bird flu. Fifty animal health technicians have been appointed on short-term contracts to help with the vaccination rollout. Meanwhile, Steenhuisen says his department has also procured vaccines from Botswana for 72-million-rand to combat foot-and-mouth […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, het ‘n nuwe sewe-pilaar-visie uiteengesit vir die Departement van Landbou, wat ‘n selfstandige portefeulje sal wees. Hy het by die AVI-Afrika-konferensie klem gelê op vennootskappe, die hersiening van wette, toegang tot markte, ondersteuning vir boere, biosekerheid, voorspraak en voedselsekerheid. Steenhuisen het regulatoriese hervorming, pasklaar ondersteuning vir boere, uitgebreide […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has outlined a new seven-pillar vision for the Agriculture Department which is operating as a standalone portfolio. Speaking at the AVI Africa conference, he emphasised partnerships, modernising laws, market access, farmer support, biosecurity, advocacy, and food security. Steenhuisen vowed regulatory reform, tailored support for farmers, expanded financing, and renewed vaccine […]
# Die Departement van Landbou gaan nuwe reëls instel om die beweging van diere met gesplete hoewe te beheer in ‘n poging om die verspreiding van bek-en-klouseer te bekamp. Dit volg ná ‘n uitbreking by die grootste beesvleisprodusent, Karan Beef, wat besmettings by sy Heidelberg-voerkraal in Gauteng bevestig het. Die nuwe maatreëls sal streng toesig […]
# The Department of Agriculture will soon introduce new rules to control the movement of cloven-hoofed livestock in a bid to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. This follows an outbreak at the largest beef producer, Karan Beef, which confirmed infections at its Heidelberg feedlot in Gauteng. The new measures will require supervised animal movement […]
# Die Gautengse Wetgewer se portefeuljekomitee oor Omgewing, Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling het sy kommer uitgespreek oor die uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer by Karan Beef se voerkraal in Heidelberg. Daar is tans 120-duisend beeste by die voerkraal en slegs twee-persent is met die siekte besmet. Komiteevoorsitter, Jaco Mulder, loof Karan Beef vir hul vinnige optrede om […]
# The Gauteng Legislature’s portfolio committee on Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development has expressed concern at the outbreak of foot and mouth disease at Karan Beef’s feedlot facility in Heidelberg. Currently, there are 120-thousand cattle at the feedlot and only two-percent are infected with the disease. Committee chairperson, Jaco Mulder, says they commend Karan Beef […]
