Limpopo agriculture department is making a big effort to tackle foot-and-mouth disease Bovines bellow. Their collar bells ring. They crap carelessly. Some bulls try to hump cows. Men crack their whips ...

HEIDELBERG, South Africa — South Africa embarked on a mass vaccination of cattle on Friday to stem an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that threatens to disrupt meat, dairy and livestock supplies ...

South Africa's rangelands have always had great value for the country. These areas offer more than just grazing for livestock. They provide services like purifying water, storing carbon and conserving ...

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy – enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales and game meat production. Government policy considers the sector key to ...

A multidisciplinary team at Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa is leading a major research project to test whether regenerative farming practices can help future-proof wine production in the ...

A R14m investment is strengthening South Africa’s livestock disease surveillance to protect farmers and safeguard ...

African Perspectives on Agroecology is a new book with 33 contributions from academics, non-governmental organizations, farmer organizations and policy makers. It is free to download, and reviewers ...

Namibia’s FMD outbreak could disrupt cattle supplies to South Africa and put pressure on beef prices if restrictions persist.

Training in better husbandry and health practices has helped dairy farmer Lwitiko Mwakaliba raise the productivity of his cows in Mbeya, Tanzania, as part of the Africa Dairy Genetic Gains program.

Cyril Ramaphosa's company sold an Ankole cow for R6.4 million on auction. What other elite cattle does the President own?

Cattle in the pen, at Karan Beef the country's largest red meat producers, in Heidelberg, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) ...