[1] The college attracted relatively few students in its first years: having been established in 1898, there were five graduates by June 1899.
[tone] An association with the University of Stellenbosch was established in 1926, whereafter a diploma course was offered to equip prospective farmers.
A significant addition to the academic courses given in this period was a diploma in cellar technology, making the college, since 1976, a major training institution for South African winemakers.
In the post-1994 period, under a new provincial administration in the newly established Western Cape Province, the Elsenburg and Kromme Rhee colleges of agriculture amalgamated.
A Centre for Further Education and Training was established to relieve the Department of Agriculture of its responsibilities.