Coronavirus: Update on agri events
The past few months has seen a myriad of agri events being cancelled or postponed due to the restrictions put into place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Below is a summary of the events that have been cancelled and the new dates of postponed events.
Cancelled
• Fertasa Congress (23 April)
• SA Cheese Festival (25–27 April)
• AVI Africa (9–11 June)
• IFAJ 2020 Congress (24–29 June)
• Royal Show (28 May–6 June 2021)
• George Show (27 July–2 Aug)
• Ellisras Show (7–13 July)
• Thabazimbi Show (25–27 July)
• Annual Deciduous Fruit Gala Evening
• NAMPO Harvest Day (11–14 August)
• Griekwastad Show
Postponed
• The Water Show (4–5 November)
• The Vet Expo (7–8 October)
• SA Stud Book Elite 2020 Awards Dinner (25 September)
• Agricol Groendag (23 April) postponed to August (date TBA)
• Vleissentraal/SA Stamboek ELITE Bulgroeitoetsklas (31 August)
• Lichtenburg Show (11–14 Aug)
• KragDag (3–5 Desember)
• Agri Gauteng Annual Congress (20 August)
• RuVASA congress (31 August–2 September)
• Vryburg Show (9–11 September)
• Free State Agriculture Young Farmer Conference (New date TBC)
• Agbiz Congress (7–9 April 2021)
• Grain Handling Organisation of Southern Africa (GOSA) Congress (18–19 March 2021)
• 2020 Sussex Centenary Celebrations (postponed to 2021)
• Swartlandskou 2020 (1–4 September 2021)
International events
Asia Fruit Logistica (18–20 November)
Global Berry Congress (7–9 December)
This list will be updated on a regular basis. If you want to let us know about the new dates for your postponed event, feel free to send the information through to az.oc.aidemsaalp@alusru.
Source: AgriOrbit
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