Annual Symposia
Symposia are held annually. This year’s symposium took place on Thursday, 24 October 2019.
2020 SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME
Theme: Cane Quality
Welcome
Dr Rian van Antwerpen view pdf
Deterioration in Cane Quality and Milling Performance in the South African Sugar Industry from 2007 to 2016
Tim Murray view pdf view video
How UCL handled their Big Midlands Crop
Rolf Lütge view pdf view video
Harvesting Planning and Practices to Maximise Recoverable Sucrose
Don McCulloch view pdf view video
Varieties, Ripeners and Climate Trends
Kerry Redshaw view pdf view video
PREVIOUS SYMPOSIA
2018: Conservation Agriculture
1. Opening: Dr Carolyn Baker (SASRI, Director)
2. Conservation Agriculture – an introduction: Rowan Stranack (SASRI, Head: Extension & Biosecurity) View PDF
3. Conservation Agriculture legislation in SA: Paul Botha (SASRI, Extension – Eston) View PDF
4. Surface water control with contour structures – using the CoSDT calculator in its design (Guest speaker: Professor, Jeff Smithers, UKZN) View PDF
5. Regenerative Agriculture in sugarcane: Making a start: (Guest speaker: Deon Schröder, Sugarcane Producer – Dalton) View PDF
6. Status of Conservation Agriculture in rural areas (Guest speaker: Lehman Lindeque, United Nations Development Programme) View PDF
7. Should soil conservation be on your balance sheet? (Guest speaker: Dr Philip Theunissen, (Economist & Farmer)
Unfortunately Dr Theunissen had to withdraw from the symposium but sent the following two articles which should be of interest:
Should soil conservation be on your balance sheet? View PDF
Does farm land have a scrap value? View PDF
8. SASIAA AGM View PDF
