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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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

Willem van der Westhuizen, business development manager at Orizon Agriculture, speaks to Zunel van Eeden about what ...

For 2026, Farmer’s Weekly will be focusing on the overarching theme of artificial intelligence and technology, and the ...