The Public Investment Corporation and Pelo Agricultural Ventures have acquired a 90% shareholding in Karan Beef for R5.2bn. Karan operates the largest cattle feedlot in the world.
Consumers from Beijing to Boston are gobbling up more meat and dairy products, fueling multibillion-dollar mergers in the food industry and reshaping global agriculture.
A UK trade mission is hoping to convince South Africans to once again serve up British beef on their plates, after a 15-year ban on its products was lifted at the end of last year....
Adore red meat? You may be put off that next juicy rump by hearing what Harald zur Hausen has to say about it. At the 61st Lindau* meeting this week, the Nobel laureate spoke on his current hypothesis about why beef causes...