Astral Foods foresees more than 400% jump in earnings amid bird flu jitters
SOUTH AFRICA – In a report to shareholders, Astral Foods expects growth in earnings by…
Bird flu
No decision yet on bird flu vaccination – Minister
SOUTH AFRICA – Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana said state veterinarians were still assessing whether South…
SA poultry producers to import hatching eggs from Europe
SOUTH AFRICA – Poultry producers have planned to import hatching eggs from Europe, after the…
Producers to boost biosecurity measures after bird flu outbreak
SOUTH AFRICA – SA poultry farmers are scrambling to boost biosecurity measures to curb the…
‘Devastating’ bird flu culling to cost SA farm US$5m
SOUTH AFRICA – The bird flu outbreak at operations of a Gauteng poultry producer has…
Massive cull to stop avian flu costs Zim company $7.2m
ZIMBABWE – Irvine’s, one of Zimbabwe’s largest food producers, suffered losses of $7.2m after culling…
Bird flu costs Western Cape US$59 million
SOUTH AFRICA – Western Cape minister of economic opportunities Alan Winde said yesterday that his…
Astral sells feed business to Cargill, to focus on poultry operations
SOUTH AFRICA – Southern African integrated poultry producer Astral Foods is ridding itself of a…
Bird flu costs RCL Foods nearly US$2m
SOUTH AFRICA – One of South Africa’s largest food producers RCL Foods on Wednesday said…
Bird flu confirmed in Western Cape, South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI), type H5N8, on two ostrich farms in the Heidelberg area.
Deadly bird flu hits second Astral farm
SOUTH AFRICA – Astral Foods says a second outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu virus has been confirmed and isolated at its poultry-breeding facility at the Grootdraai dam near Standerton in Mpumalanga.
Zim, SA lose 1m chickens to bird flu
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe and South Africa have lost over one million chickens to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), it has been learnt.
South Africa confirms bird flu cases on two farms
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa continues to face the threat from bird flu, risking its trade with surrounding countries in chicken after it detected the disease on two commercial layer chicken farms in Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
Govt bans import of poultry from SA, Zim over bird flu
RWANDA – The Ministry of Agriculture has temporally banned importation of poultry products, including chicken, eggs and chicken meat, from South Africa and Zimbabwe, following an outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as Bird-Flu in the Southern African countries.