Hanlie du Plessis, a freelance journalist and content strategist, has over twenty years of experience in agricultural media. Her passion is bringing editorial projects from concept to final print, ...

South Africa’s pork industry is facing growing pressure as confirmed cases of both African swine fever and foot-and-mouth ...

At the height of Zimbabwe's ostrich industry in the 1980s and 1990s, Peter Cunningham ran a world-class breeding programme.

Rolling bankruptcies in global vertical farming over the past five years have slowed the industry’s momentum but not its innovation. Instead, the collapse of several high-profile players has pushed ...

Livestock industry leaders have expressed growing confidence in South Africa’s national foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) control strategy following the first meeting of the newly established FMD Industry ...

Zimbabwean veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Zimbabwe’s Mangwe district in Matabeleland South, near the country's border with Botswana.

Tom Lasater, from a systematic crossing of Hereford cows and Shorthorn cows with Brahman bulls.

The organisers of the Bloem Show have taken the unprecedented step of excluding all cloven-hoofed animals from the 2026 event ...

South Africa’s fight against foot-and-mouth disease has entered a new phase, with the private sector taking on a more direct ...

British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) has announced it will close its manufacturing facility in Heidelberg, Gauteng.

A day in the life of rural veterinarian Dr Suenette Kotze reveals how South Africa’s food chain is supported by a small group ...

Just after lunch on Sunday, 18 January 2026, messages started popping on forums that fires were raging between Bathurst and ...