AMT Weekly Livestock Report #46 – 21 Nov 2022
AMT Weekly Livestock Report #47 21 November 2022 AMT is a South African based company specialising in the analysis and forecasting of national as well as regional agricultural industry and market information. Read Now AMT Monthly Beef & Mutton Report January 2021 AMT is a South African based company specialising in the analysis and forecasting […]
SAPPO Bi-weekly Update 8 November 2022
SAPPO Bi-Weekly Update 8 November 2022 Sustainability Charting a sustainable course In recent months, SAPPO partnered with the Institute for Sustainability (IS), Stellenbosch and PWC’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) team to formulate a draft sustainability strategy for the industry. The IS conducted a review of global literature on sustainable pork production and formulated a […]
SAPPO Newsletter – October 2022
SAPPO NEWS Oct 2022 FMD: Seven weeks of silence SAPPO is extremely concerned with the lack of urgency displayed to resolve the current FMD crisis. An FMD task team was appointed more than two months ago to look at appropriate actions to not only manage the current spread of FMD, but also to pave a […]
SAPPO Bi-weekly Update 18 October 2022
SAPPO Bi-Weekly Update 18 October 2022 Consumer assurance National pig health in the spotlight SAPPO’s last National Pig Health Monitoring Committee (NPHMC) meeting for 2022 was held in Week 41 under the able chairmanship of Charl Braak. Topics under discussion included African swine fever (ASF), foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), passive surveillance, biosecurity auditing, trade and exports, and […]
RPO Meat Bulletin – October 2022
RPO BULLETIN OCTOBER 2022 Welcome to the RPO’s Red Meat Bulletin Latest FMD situation South Africa currently has 146 open foot and mouth diseases (FMD) outbreaks in the previous FMD free zone, comprised of three outbreak events, according to the directorate animal health of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. The outbreaks […]
SAPPO Newsletter September 2022
SAPPO NEWS September 2022 SAPPO celebrates World Animal (Welfare) Day World Animal Day is celebrated annually on 4 October and is aimed at celebrating and advancing animal welfare. We encourage SAPPO members to use the day to self-evaluate the welfare conditions on their farms, to highlight to their personnel that welfare considerations are non-negotiable. We […]
RPO Meat Bulletin September 2022
RPO BULLETIN SEPTEMER 2022 Welcome to the RPO’s Red Meat Bulletin RPO reacts on the an on the movement of cattle The RPO took note of the announcement by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Ms Thoko Didiza on 16 August that all movement of cattle is suspended for an initial period […]
SAPPO Bi-Weekly Update – 27 September 2022
SAPPO Bi-Weekly Update Week 27 (2022) A word from the CEO Letting go of the past certainties With October on the horizon and 2022 entering its last mile, there is a notable level of despondence and frustration among multiple agricultural industries and ordinary citizens. Many of the institutions that contributed to our past successes, economic […]
SAPPO Newsletter – August 2022
SAPPO NEWS Aug 2022 AGM: Holding two opposing truths On the 8th of September, as you leave SAPPO’s AGM + EXPO, you should feel that the pig industry’s strategy is going to effectively respond to the expected discomfort of the decade ahead. Equally, you should feel incredibly unsettled by the state of the entire South […]