Jan 10, 2017 | Australia, Environment, Olive business
Western Australian olive producers are holding their breath for dry weather for the next three months, after last season’s weather resulted in one of the worst crops in about two decades.
Dec 23, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
A UNESCO-protected olive grove of located in Puglia, Italy is standing in the way of proposed Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project valued at over $45 million. This pipeline would transport gas from central Asia to the millions of homes in various regions in the...
Dec 23, 2016 | Australia, Environment
Two major Western Australian olive farmers have been forced to cull close to 7,000 adult olive trees that have been infested by the deadly Olive Lace Bug (Froggattia Olivinia) in an outbreak that has been officially declared endemic to the area. Australian Farms Face...
Sep 16, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business
A cruel year for local crops, 2016 showed no kindness to the olive industry, with one producer having seen his harvest drop by more than four-fifths. And while last year, the small family business was inundated with requests to press the olives of other growers, only...
Sep 7, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Any traveler who has driven through Andalusia and more specifically through the province of Jaén can tell you of its spectacular landscape, dotted with millions of olive trees. Their seemingly infinite existence has been christened the Mar de Olivos or “Sea of...
Sep 7, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Perfect weather over the last few months has created conditions for a strong olive harvest in Italy, both for quantity and quality. But in recent days the climate has also become quite favorable for the proliferation of Bactrocera Oleae, also called olive fruit fly. A...