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    Conservation planting stops soil losses in cane areas

    Aug 11, 2023 2 minutes

    51 YEARS AGO

    1911

    6 SEPTEMBER 1972

    2023

    Strip planting and harvesting of sugar cane virtually eliminated soil, moisture and fertility loss on hillsides on Theo Wise's farm Umhlali in KwaZulu-Natal.

    Strip croppimg also played a large part in raising the farm's mean peak by 125% since he bought it in 1957. He disagrees with those who say that no conservation practices are needed in the sugar belt

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