Feb 6, 2025 | Contracting, Feature Articles, Harvesting
By Laura Thomas The annual olive harvest will get underway in parts of the country in the coming weeks and signs are looking promising for an on-year, with plenty of fruit. And with this bountiful crop in mind, Aussie growers are making sure arrangements...
Jan 30, 2025 | Feature Articles, Labour / seasonal workers, Services
Ongoing labour shortages mean that putting together a harvest crew is likely to again be an issue this year. Luckily the problem is well-recognised and there’s plenty of assistance to help you find harvest helpers. Some of the best options for up-to-date...
Jan 30, 2025 | Contracting, Feature Articles
The following article was first published in the Australian & New Zealand Olivegrower & Processor, March 2024 – see page 45. Not all olive producers have the scale to justify their own machine harvesting, or the capital to purchase the equipment....
Jan 15, 2025 | Australia, Courses/Education, Events, Feature Articles
The Australian Olive Association got back to the very basics of olive growing and production in SA’s Barossa Valley wine region last month. Delivered by the AOA as part of the National Farmers’ Federation Horticulture Roadshow, the SA Back to Basics...
Dec 7, 2020 | Feature Articles, Research, Water
Ketema Zeleke, School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga; EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga This article is part of a series reviewing early olive R&D reports, and covers two publications dealing with...
Mar 19, 2019 | Feature Articles
aXueqi Li, aGrant C. Bremer, aKristen N. Connell, aCourtney Ngai, aQuyen Anh T. Pham, aShengling Wang, bMary Flynn, cLeandro Ravetti, cClaudia Guillaume, dYichuan Wang, aSelina C. Wang a University of California Davis Olive Center, Davis, California 95616, United...
