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Infrarooi-satellietbeelde wys dat daar teen Dinsdagmiddag 15:00, binne 'n tydperk van net 48 uur, ongeveer 89 veldbrande regoor die Vrystaat ontstaan het. Johan Breytenbach van die Vrystaatse Sambreel-brandbeskermingsvereniging, sê erge brande is op 28 en 29 Junie in die Vrystaat ervaar en dat die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens in die voorafgaande dae verskillende waarskuwings uitgereik het, terwyl die brandbeskermingsvereniging ook 'n aantal waarskuwings op sosiale media-platforms versprei het. Breytenbach sê geen berigte oor sterftes of ernstige beserings is ontvang nie.

The Agricultural Produce Agents Council (APAC) has requested clarity after new, amended regulations, which stated that gatherings at auctions are not permitted until 11 July 2021, were published in the Government Gazette on Sunday. The regulation further adds that this provision will be reviewed after the stated date. Francois Knowles, registrar of APAC, says that the council will inform all livestock agents of the outcome if it is different to the current interpretation. He says that all livestock auctions are to remain closed until the 11th of July 2021. Knowles’s statement comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday evening that the country will be moving to an adjusted lockdown level 4. This decision was made after the country saw a surge in the number of new daily positive Covid-19 cases, with Gauteng being the hardest hit by the current third wave of infections.

Weervoorspellings toon dat die hele Julie-maand deur baie lae temperature gekenmerk gaan word. Dit is volgens Johan van den Berg, onafhanklike landbouweerkundige, wat sê dat veral hierdie week die koudste week tot op hede vir die jaar gaan wees. Temperature het reeds sedert die naweek tot minus vyf grade Celsius oor die sentrale, suidelike en oostelike dele van die Vrystaat, sowel as die suidoostelike dele van die Noord-Kaap, wat Hopetown insluit, gedaal. Van den Berg maan boere om plante en diere teen erge koue toestande te beskerm aangesien baie koue nagtemperature voorlê. Daarmee saam waarsku Van den Berg ook dat sterk winde kan voorkom. Hy vra dat boere nie nou voorbrande moet maak nie omdat die brand vinnig buite beheer kan raak weens die sterk winde.

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Foot-and-mouth disease-affected municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal have been declared disease management areas.  The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, made this announcement on Wednesday. The minister stated that this is government's effort to prevent a further spread of the disease from the affected areas. The movement of cloven-hoofed animals, their products and genetic material into or out of the affected areas is not allowed, except on authority of a permit issued by the Veterinary Services of the area. To date, 12 positive locations have been identified and placed under quarantine. A number of suspect locations were also identified through clinical investigations, and trace-back/trace-forward exercises, including a commercial feedlot.

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