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Under pressure: Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines have started arriving in the country from Argentina, with further shipments expected from
Botswana and Turkey but farmers fear it might be too little, too late to curb the devastation. Photo: Democratic Alliance

Farmers despair amid FMD outbreak

The psychological toll of rampant foot-and-mouth disease is colliding with debt, regulatory paralysis and the emotional weight of generational loss

UFH Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Sakhela Buhlungu; AngloGold Ashanti Vice-President of Sustainability & Closure Business, Kgomotso Tshaka; UFH Deputy VC of Research, Partnerships & Innovation Dr Nthabi Taole-Mjimba; UFH Deputy VC of Teaching & Learning Prof Renuka Vithal; and Senior Vice-President of Group Sustainability at AngloGold Ashanti, Ambassador Baso Sangqu.

AngloGold Ashanti Research Chair in Dairy Science & Technology launches into a bright future 

The chair is part of UFH’s larger plan to be socially and contextually relevant

With the recent launch of the AngloGold Ashanti Research Chair in Dairy Science & Technology at the University of Fort Hare, the Eastern Cape’s potential for growth and innovation is set to expand.

Eastern Cape offers importance and potential for SA’s dairy industry

Conditions are perfect for sustainable dairy farming, but with skills development it could yield even greater benefits

Fanie Ferreira, CEO of the Milk Producers’ Organisation (MPO), highlights the potential of the Research Chair in Dairy Science & Technology at the University of Fort Hare to drive transformative research, address industry challenges, and support small-scale dairy farmers across South Africa.

Milk Producers’ Organisation: Research will improve the industry 

Empowering small-scale dairy farmers across the rural-urban divide is the way forward

Milk producers advised to reduce output

The current market situation has negatively affected milk sales in the country, leaving milk producers with excess milk no one was buying.

Dairy industry battling to make ends meet

Milk producers are battling to make ends meet amid enormous input cost increases and the threat of declining producer prices.

Milk producers wade into food-price debate

Governmental food-price regulation was not the right way to handle the ”potential crisis” around increased food costs, the Milk Producers Organisation said on Tuesday. Director…