The South African ban will not seriously affect the weaning calf industry

Namibia's "Sun" reported on August 24 that South Africa issued a 21-day response policy to ban the movement of live cattle in response to the outbreak of local foot-and-mouth disease, and suspended the import of weaned calves
from Namibia.
Klein, general manager of Agra Auctions, said this would not have a big impact on the weaned calves industry, which is not entirely dependent on exports to South Africa, and there are many buyers in The region who buy weaned calves and raise them until they are 15 months old before selling
them.
However, the ban will affect batches that are already waiting for export in quarantine, and exporters will have to provide additional feed during this period, increasing costs
.
Klein said the current weaned calf auction season is coming to an end, with only three auctions
left.
Venter, executive manager of nau, said that while Na is very concerned about the impact of the South African ban on weaning calves auction prices, the stability
of auction prices has been strongly supported by meatco's abundant cash.