The bottom line is that if FMD can occur at this operation, no South African cattle farm or feedlot is safe. But there is no need to rush out to stock up your freezer.

Large feedlot operations purchase weaner calves from all over South Africa and prepare them for market. Sophisticated technology enables livestock traceability. At the same time, this means that ...

Karan Beef has suspended cattle intake at its Heidelberg feedlot following a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, which was ...

The confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease at Karan Beef's Heidelberg feedlot has further thrown South Africa’s cattle industry into crisis.

Karan Beef, the largest beef producer in South Africa, has been hit with a case of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) at its ...

South Africa is building up vaccine stocks and expanding inoculations to fight a worsening foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, ...

South Africa’s largest beef producer confirms an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at its Heidelberg feedlot near ...

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has committed accelerate the implementation of commodity-based development models, ...

South African consumers are bracing for higher meat prices this winter due to foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks, a ban on ...

South Africa’s meat supply is under pressure from a “triple whammy” of crises: bird flu in Brazil, a poultry producer’s ...

The bottom line is that if FMD can occur at this operation, no South African cattle farm or feedlot is safe. But there is no need to rush out to stock up your freezer.