Feb 9, 2021 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
The COVID pandemic has once again foiled plans for the annual AOA Processing Workshop at Boort, with the Board recently confirming the postponement of the next event until 2022. The event is an integral part of our industry’s continuing knowledge sharing program,...
Feb 9, 2021 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business, Olive Diseases
Hort Innovation has announced a new APVMA chemical permit for the control of two significant insect pests of olives, olive lace bug (OLB) and black scale. Trivor Insecticide is a unique insecticide combination of acetamiprid (Group 4A – Neonicotinoid) and...
Jan 12, 2021 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
Levy payers can keep up to date on any developments in the regulatory oversight of crop protection chemicals via the Ag Chemical Updates produced as part of the Hort-Innovation-funded project Regulatory support and co-ordination (pesticides) (MT17019). The updates...
Dec 15, 2020 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
This year’s evaluation of Hort Innovation’s research and development investments demonstrated an average benefit-cost ratio of 3.4:1 across sample projects, projected to generate an estimated total net value of $40.5 million over 30 years. “Half of the identified...
Dec 15, 2020 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
The holiday season is nearly upon us and for many it’s a time to catch up on all the news and information you’ve skimmed over but just been too busy to read in detail during the busy working year. So in a timely move, the AOA has recently created a Grove Innovation...
Nov 9, 2020 | Australia, EVOO, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
Payments of the olives levy for the 2020 harvest were due by late October, so it’s time for all potential levy payers to check that they’ve met their obligations. Collected by processors on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), the...