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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 86181, member: 27"] A livestock disease spiral is hammering farms while policy bottlenecks keep relief out of reach, and patience in the countryside is snapping. Outrage from the dairy fields [LIST] [*]John Steenhuisen is accused of missing the crisis scale. [*]Affected producers say leadership feels detached. [*]Anger centers on slow moves and tight reins. [*]Trust has eroded across rural operations. [/LIST] How the disease is biting [LIST] [*]Foot-and-mouth sickness keeps spreading among herds. [*]Painful lesions wreck feeding and movement. [*]Milk volumes slide as animals weaken. [*]Food chains feel creeping pressure. [/LIST] Where the outbreaks are landing [LIST] [*]Eastern Cape farms report heavy dairy losses. [*]KwaZulu-Natal remains under sustained strain. [*]Gauteng continues wrestling flare-ups. [*]Western Cape logged a recent incident. [/LIST] Rules farmers say block action [LIST] [*]Government-only controls limit rapid vaccination. [*]Producers want freedom to self-protect herds. [*]Centralized decisions stall field responses. [*]Secrecy complaints keep surfacing. [/LIST] Push for private vaccines [LIST] [*]Farming groups want independent jab access. [*]Imports from Turkey are being lined up. [*]Legal threats target restrictive regulations. [*]Court fights risk further slowdowns. [/LIST] Minister’s long-game defense [LIST] [*]John Steenhuisen points to inherited systemic decay. [*]He backs a decade-long inoculation roadmap. [*]Funding was earmarked for stockpiled doses. [*]Collaboration is urged over litigation. [/LIST] Wider fallout for agriculture [LIST] [*]Movement bans choke the beef and dairy trade. [*]Costs climb while incomes shrink. [*]Welfare groups warn about animal suffering. [*]Food security anxieties keep rising. [/LIST] Political and sector tension [LIST] [*]Democratic Alliance leadership stands by the strategy. [*]Farmers feel sidelined in planning rooms. [*]Biosecurity gaps keep enabling the spread. [*]Calls grow for shared control models. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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