South Africa has battled an outbreak of a high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a bird flu which spreads rapidly in an infected flock causing a high death rate, which resulted in the culling of ...

Government’s promises to assist the local poultry industry following the avian flu outbreak earlier this year have yet to ...

The poultry and feed group booked a financial loss for the first time in the company’s history, CEO Chris Schutte said.

South Africa's Department of Agriculture announced that the country's severe bird flu outbreak, considered the worst on ...

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The current avian flu outbreak may jeopardize food security in South Africa if it's not properly managed, a senior official said Thursday. "There's an ...

It may cost you R2 more per kilo to put chicken on your table this Christmas. South Africa’s biggest poultry group, Astral Foods, says producers need to increase prices to break even and make a ...

The biosecurity system refers to measures to reduce the risk of infectious diseases being transmitted to crops, livestock and ...

South Africa’s latest inflation figures surprised the market, which was expecting a lower print. Now all eyes fall on the ...

South Africa's biggest poultry producer Astral Foods swung to a full-year loss on Monday, as an ongoing electricity crisis and the country's worst bird flu outbreak cost the company 2 billion rand ...

Egg prices in October soared in the face of shortages linked to the culling of millions of chickens to contain the spread of ...

South African poultry producer Quantum Foods on Friday reported a R35-million rand loss in the year to end-September, after the country's worst bird flu outbreak decimated its chicken flock and power ...

Quantum Foods on Friday, 1 December, reported a R35m loss in the year to end September, after the country's worst bird flu ...