Let’s get the red meat sector’s house in order
Feb 24, 2020
2 minutes
BY DR KOOS COETZEE
According to John Purchase, CEO of AgBiz, the total cost to farmers of the recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak could be as high as R10 billion. While the government ban on livestock sales saw higher weaner prices for those farmers able to sell to feedlots, many small-scale farmers who are largely dependent on stock sales could not
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days