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Prices in the international beef market traded mostly negative this week.
Higher summer crop planting, which could lower feed costs bodes well for the intensive livestock sector.
Traceability is important because it is a sanitary and disease management requirement in our export markets.
South Africa is facing a severe shortage of red meat as a result of the long-standing drought that has devastated the Eastern Cape farming community, as well as farmers in other parts of the country.
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