Dec 15, 2020 | Australia, Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News
The relaxation of travel restrictions has enabled the re-scheduling of the AOA’s Healthy Soils Field Days program, which will now run during February and March 2021 in major production regions across all states. Program Each field day focuses on the role of healthy...
Dec 15, 2020 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Research
The olive industry is moving forward successfully with the adoption of IPDM (integrated pest and disease management) practices, and chemicals still play an important role for many growers, particularly in terms of early and spot spraying to control insect pests and...
Nov 9, 2020 | Courses/Education, Events, EVOO, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
The 2020 AOA National Olive Industry Virtual Conference was a resounding success, with strong registrations for all of the sessions. Held over four days in October, the highly informative, interactive afternoon sessions were abuzz with information, questions and...
Sep 15, 2020 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Table Olive News
Last month’s interactive webinar with South African table olive expert Linda Costa was a huge success, attended by a large cohort of participants both new to table olive production and with substantial experience. The event provided the opportunity to gain guidance...
Sep 15, 2020 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
Plant Health Australia (PHA) has launched a new online course on the fundamentals of plant biosecurity in Australia. The new course, launched in July 2020, is called Plant Biosecurity in Australia and replaces the old PHA Foundation Course. The content of the old...
Sep 15, 2020 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
The impacts of COVID on exports have created concerns for exporters around airfreight capacity and market conditions into the future. Current airfreight capacity is significantly reduced in line with reduced international passenger travel, and those heavily reliant on...
