In January this year, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen announced government’s new containment strategy to curb the rapid spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) across South Afr...
To ensure more effective and speedy turnover time of the high-volume applications received by the Registrar of the Fertilisers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, ...
As Foot and mouth disease remains a serious threat to the agricultural economy, the minister also called on stakeholders to exercise caution regarding misinformation circulating on socia...
As you may be aware, the requirements for the control and management of FMD are in the process of being updated to accommodate the current status of the disease in the country as well as...
AgriSA welcomes the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) declaring the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak a national di...
President Cyril Ramaphosa made the long-awaited announcement during his 2026 State of the Nation Address: Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) has officially been declared a national disaster. ...
South Africa’s Department of Agriculture has been struggling to contain and prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a virus that infects livestock and impacts negat...
The ongoing Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in the Eastern Cape Province remain a significant concern for the Minister of Agriculture. In the Humansdorp area, 33 farms have now be...
The Department of Agriculture is cautiously optimistic that the recent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in the Kouga and Kou-Kamma Municipalities of the Eastern Cape Province have ...
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) together with the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) will host a Foot-and-mouth D...
