Apr 11, 2023 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business, Opportunities
Hort Connections has been successful in obtaining funding from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to support grower attendance at the 2023 event. Growers can apply for funding of up to $1,000 for eligible expenses ($750 for South Australian...
Apr 11, 2023 | Australia, Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Opportunities
In addition to the program’s longstanding scholarship investors, this year the Federal Government’s Future Drought Fund (FDF) is investing in five-plus scholarships that are specifically available to study drought resilience. The FDF’s $1.6 million investment aims to...
Apr 11, 2023 | Australia, Environment, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has launched a new campaign to keep Australia free of some of the world’s most damaging pests and address the risk of sea containers, their cargoes and associated packaging. Australia is currently free of...
Mar 14, 2023 | Australia, Courses/Education, Events, Grove Innovation News
The AOA and regional Victorian grower group the Goulburn Strathbogie Olive Growers Association (GSOGA) are combining resources to run a grove field day for both new and experienced olive producers. Going ‘back to basics’, the program will cover topics including soil...
Mar 14, 2023 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
New data released by Hort Innovation shows the production value of Australia’s horticulture industry has grown by $6.15B since 2012/13. Horticulture production volume has also grown across the period, with an additional 850,000T (tonnes) produced in 2021/22. The new...
Mar 14, 2023 | Australia, Courses/Education, Events, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
The AOA team have planning well underway for another round of industry knowledge-sharing events, run as part of the ongoing olive levy project Australian olive industry communications and extension program (OL18000). Among those happening soon is the annual Processing...
