• Weddings, funerals and other cultural ceremonies are the main beef markets for South African smallholder farmers.

  • The raw numbers for July beef exports are impressive. Total beef exports of 150,435 tonnes, an increase of 12% on the June record, and 16% on last July. Before 2025, the next closest month for beef exports was 130,048 tonnes in October last year, before that it was 122,456 in October 2014.