# [TOP STORY] ‘Consequences are dire’ if new agriculture minister doesn’t address FMD bottlenecks

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Podcast: [Moneyweb@Midday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneyweb-midday-60224)
Published: 2026-06-17T12:07:00+00:00
Episode link: https://iono.fm/e/1686777
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Duration seconds: 450

## Resource

‘Farmers are battling to get vaccine and it is a huge crisis. We are seeing vaccinated animals that are being infected now post-vaccination, and that is purely because the animals around them have not yet been vaccinated,’ says Andrew Morphew, spokesperson, FMD Response SA. Moneyweb

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