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The FMD Support Fund of Namibia estimates that closed livestock markets have cost the value chain about NAD584.4mn between 23 Sep '26 and 6 Nov '26, a run rate of NAD13.1mn a day or roughly NAD400mn a month. The disease is not killing livestock, but producers still need NAD230mn a month for NAD155mn of running costs and NAD75mn of debt repayments while markets stay closed. On 3 Nov '26 the NAU president put losses at about NAD150mn a week for cattle, sheep and goats.