# Sustainability of beef industry at stake as foot-and-mouth hits

> South Africa's beef sector faces a new foot-and-mouth disease outbreak detected in KwaZulu-Natal cattle. Botswana has temporarily banned South African livestock and beef imports, and other countries are expected to follow. The outbreak follows a 2019 episode that cost the industry at least R8bn.

- Date: 2021-06-06 · published 2021-06-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46531-sustainability-of-beef-industry-at-stake-as-foot-and-mouth-hits
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Export bans increase local South African beef supply and may weigh on producer prices, with little direct effect on international feed or commodity markets.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2018-02-10 | [Foot and mouth hits beef supply – herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66460-foot-and-mouth-hits-beef-supply-herald.md) | +1.5% | -1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-01 | [Beef prices soar in Kyenjojo over foot and mouth disease](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48057-beef-prices-soar-in-kyenjojo-over-foot-and-mouth-disease.md) | +2.6% | +3.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-01-15 | [Foot and mouth outbreak to impact beef exports - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61044-foot-and-mouth-outbreak-to-impact-beef-exports-moneyweb.md) | +0.5% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-09-23 | [Namibia detects a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45007-namibia-detects-a-new-strain-of-foot-and-mouth-disease-reuters.md) | -0.7% | +1.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-13 | [Dire prediction for SA beef exports after foot-and-mouth outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55038-dire-prediction-for-sa-beef-exports-after-foot-and-mouth-outbreak.md) | -0.3% | -3.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-02-10 | [Foot and mouth hits beef supply – herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66460-foot-and-mouth-hits-beef-supply-herald.md) | +2.4% | -2.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-09-23 | [Namibia detects a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45007-namibia-detects-a-new-strain-of-foot-and-mouth-disease-reuters.md) | -0.3% | +0.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-01-13 | [Dire prediction for SA beef exports after foot-and-mouth outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55038-dire-prediction-for-sa-beef-exports-after-foot-and-mouth-outbreak.md) | -1.5% | -8.1% |

## Sources

- businessday.co.za: https://www.businessday.co.za/bd/national/2021-06-06-sustainability-of-beef-industry-at-stake-as-foot-and-mouth-hits/

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