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South Africa’s dairy sector is reeling from the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, severely disrupting milk production, supply chains, and farmer incomes across several provinces.

“Skinny fat” describes someone who looks thin or has a normal body weight but carries a high percentage of body fat and low muscle mass. On the outside, they may not appear overweight, but metabolically they are at risk.

Strong family values form the foundation of a happy, loving household by shaping morals, priorities, and traditions. These shared principles foster strong bonds, guide ethical decision-making, and help families navigate challenges. Without them, families may face discord and dysfunction.

The European Union defines artificial intelligence, acronym “Ai” or “Ia” depending on whether the terminology is Anglo-Saxon or Italian, as “the ability of a machine to display human skills such as reasoning, learning, planning and creativity”.

Peptides are set to reshape modern medicine, moving us away from simple symptom suppression toward true signal restoration in inflammation, metabolism, immune function, and aging. 

The debate around cattle and carbon emissions has been a hot topic for years, with mainstream narratives often painting livestock farming as a major contributor to climate change.

Aromatase is an enzyme that converts testosterone into estrogen. Both men and women need this process, but when aromatase activity becomes too high, hormone balance starts to shift and unwanted symptoms appear.

This divide reflects broader tensions: frustration from farmers feeling helpless amid slow vaccine distribution and bureaucratic delays versus the state's insistence on unified control to avoid chaos in a nationally regulated biosecurity framework. As the outbreak persists without quick resolution, the debate underscores calls for hybrid models—state oversight paired with unlocked private capacity—yet positions remain polarized, with potential court challenges looming if demands go unmet.

Over the past 25 years (2000–2025), farming has changed dramatically. What used to be mostly manual, guesswork-based work with basic tractors has become highly precise, data-driven, and increasingly automated.