Beef
latest news & developmentsSouth Africa’s beef exports up 25% in first three quarters of 2024
Livestock disease such as foot-and-mouth has been brought under control in most provinces through strengthened farm biosecurity controls and surveillance
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Climate change needs to be front and centre of party manifestos
Football shoots one past art
Project at Cape Town Art Fair demonstrates the links between the sport and art
One Show Two Takes: ‘Beef’
This series about existential adult rage will either have you cheering or ready to press the off button
South African consumer food price inflation could average just above 6.0%
The outlook on food products prices will remain mixed, despite the recent broad increase in products prices.
Competition Tribunal hears meat supply ‘cartel’ case
Food giant I&J has found itself in front of the tribunal on charges of collusion in the beef sector
US meat imports not quite a done deal
The United States wants South Africa to make concessions on animal health rules for poultry, pork and beef before trade can resume.
No mincing words in a beef that goes against the grain
How a quest for the perfect burger led Matthew Burbidge into the cold room — and a debate about the merits of grass-fed versus grain-fed cattle.
Botswana’s beef with the EU
Declining subsidies and increasing restrictions are forcing the country to think the unthinkable, writes Roman Grynberg.
Argentina sells DNA as world demands more beef
Weighing more than a tonne, Montecristo would yield a lot of Argentine steak. But ranchers are not interested in sending bulls like him to slaughter.
Beefing up the quality of red meat
A dedicated group of scientists and students are working at making steak juicier, tastier and more tender than ever before, writes Sharon van Wyk
Japan’s big break into cloned beef
Japanese scientists said on Thursday they had successfully cloned the ancestral bull of a luxurious brand of beef.
Swazis won’t sell beef to EU
Swaziland has failed to take advantage of the opportunity to export unlimited quantities of beef to the lucrative European Union market.