News

SUSFARMS Version 4 now available!

The sugar industry’s Sustainable Sugarcane Farm Management System, SUSFARMS®, is a management system that has evolved into a useful tool for...

Going Bats About Eldana!

Over the last two or three seasons, the topic of eldana control in the Midlands has been largely dominated by chemical control. Whilst this is an...

Pests and Diseases

In eldana-prone areas, ensure that you have planned your IRAC-compliant insecticide spray programme on carry-over cane. You must regularly scout...

Flowering

This season, flowering has been particularly profuse, especially in varieties prone to flowering e.g. N23, N27, N42. Heavily flowered cane should...

InfoPack Disc

The InfoPack disc that was previously published by SASRI on an annual basis has been discontinued. You will now be able to find all InfoPack content...

Ripener Timing Guide

A new poster guide has just been published to assist sugarcane growers with deciding on appropriate times of the year for applying chemical...

Latest SASRI Annual Progress Report now available

We have just published our 2018-19 Progress Report. The report contains a summary of our research and service highlights for the last financial...

The Link & Ingede: January editions available

In this edition of The Link, we feature growers Conrad and Henning Klipp, who ensure long-term environmental sustainability by implementing...

Reducing salinisation of irrigated land

Over the past few days, SASRI scientists and Extension Specialists embarked on a roadshow to share management guidelines to reduce salinisation of...

PurEst Update

A new version of PurEst was release in February 2020. This update refines the spray date guide so that there are no inconsistencies between the...

Pest & Disease Guide Updated

We have just published a 2020 update of our Pest & Disease pocket guide. The guide contains a collection of pictures and identifiable traits...

SASRI Mechanisation Reports 2020

The 2020 edition of SASRI Mechanisation Reports 1 & 2 are now available. Report 1 has information and examples that will help in estimating the...

Advisory: widespread flowering expected

Widespread flowering is expected this season in coastal areas of the following regions: South Coast, North Coast and Zululand (up to and including...

Eldana Manual Updated

We have just updated our Eldana Manual which contains easy-to-follow guidelines for managing eldana in sugarcane. SASRI’s best management...

The Link May 2020: Special Edition

The latest edition of The Link is now available on the Knowledge Hub on our website. This month we have released a SPECIAL EDITION dedicated to Soil...