SOUTH AFRICA – In a report to shareholders, Astral Foods expects growth in earnings by more than 400% amidst bird…
Read MoreAstral Foods foresees more than 400% jump in earnings amid bird flu jitters
Tag: Bird flu
No decision yet on bird flu vaccination – Minister
SOUTH AFRICA – Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana said state veterinarians were still assessing whether South Africa’s chickens should be vaccinated…
Read MoreSA poultry producers to import hatching eggs from Europe
SOUTH AFRICA – Poultry producers have planned to import hatching eggs from Europe, after the outbreak of the highly pathogenic…
Read MoreProducers to boost biosecurity measures after bird flu outbreak
SOUTH AFRICA – SA poultry farmers are scrambling to boost biosecurity measures to curb the spread of the virus, as…
Read More‘Devastating’ bird flu culling to cost SA farm US$5m
SOUTH AFRICA – The bird flu outbreak at operations of a Gauteng poultry producer has cost it R35m (US$2.6m), plus…
Read MoreMassive 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 chickens due to an outbreak…
Read MoreBird flu costs Western Cape US$59 million
SOUTH AFRICA – Western Cape minister of economic opportunities Alan Winde said yesterday that his province had suffered the most…
Read MoreAstral sells feed business to Cargill, to focus on poultry operations
SOUTH AFRICA – Southern African integrated poultry producer Astral Foods is ridding itself of a noncore asset in an effort…
Read MoreBird flu costs RCL Foods nearly US$2m
SOUTH AFRICA – One of South Africa’s largest food producers RCL Foods on Wednesday said that it had suffered R26m…
Read MoreBird 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.
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