# Die landbou-organisasie, TLU SA, sê dit is die regering se verantwoordelikheid om die uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer in die land te bestuur en te beheer. Dit volg op nuwe uitbrekings in Newcastle en Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal. Die siekte het ook deur veilings na Mpumalanga en Gauteng versprei. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê die kwarantyn […]
# The Agriculture organisation, TLU SA says government has the responsibility to manage and control the outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the country. This follows new outbreaks of the disease reported in Newcastle and Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, which have also spread to Mpumalanga and Gauteng, via auctions. The organisation’s Bennie van Zyl says the quarantine of animals […]
# Agriculture minister, John Steenhuisen says his department has ordered more than 900-thousand doses of vaccines to the value of 70-million-rand to curb foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in the country. He says animals will be vaccinated in all areas that the department has prioritised. Steenhuisen says Limpopo and Mpumalanga will also be conducting their routine vaccinations that are conducted three times […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ‘n waarskuwing uitgereik oor gure weer hierdie naweek. Al die provinsies behalwe Limpopo kan swaar sneeu, koue temperature en sterk wind verwag. Die Oos-Kaap en KwaZulu-Natal mag dalk oorstromings ervaar as gevolg van swaar reën. Boere word versoek om hul vee te beskerm. ‘n Weervoorspeller, Kevin Rae sê Comrades Marathon-atlete […]
# Die Departement van Landbou verwag dat ‘n besending bek-en-klouseer-entstof ter waarde van 72-miljoen-rand teen die tweede week in Junie in die land sal wees. Die adjunk-direkteur-generaal vir Landbouproduksie, Biosekerheid en Natuurlike Hulpbronbestuur, Dipepeneneng Serage, het aan Moneyweb gesê die entstof word ingevoer van Botswana aangesien die binnelandse vervaardigingskapasiteit in Suid-Afrika beperk is. Die departement […]
# # Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê swart boere dra slegs sowat tien-persent by tot Suid-Afrika se kommersiële landbouproduksie wat die behoefte aan groter insluiting benadruk. Steenhuisen het tydens die Black Business Council-beraad beklemtoon dat hoewel baie swart boere aktief is, hulle dikwels op ‘n kleiner skaal werk en meer ondersteuning nodig het […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of severe winter weather starting this weekend. A powerful weather system will bring heavy snow, cold temperatures, and strong winds across all provinces except Limpopo. The Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal face possible flooding from heavy rain. Farmers are urged to protect livestock. Forecaster Kevin Rae […]
# The Department of Agriculture expects a 72-million-rand shipment of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines to arrive in South Africa by the second week of June. The deputy director-general for Agricultural Production, Biosecurity and Natural Resources Management, Dipepeneneng Serage, told Moneyweb the vaccines are being imported from Botswana due to South Africa’s limited domestic manufacturing capacity. The […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has highlighted that Black farmers contribute only about ten-percent to South Africa’s commercial agricultural output, underscoring the need for greater inclusion. Speaking on the sidelines of the Black Business Council summit, Steenhuisen emphasised that while many black farmers are active, they often operate on a smaller scale and require more […]
