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...
Nov 9, 2020 | Grove Innovation News, Olive business
The Hort Innovation Olive Fund Annual Report for 2019/20 has been released and is now available for viewing online. The report provides details of how the olive industry levy was invested over the 2019/20 financial year, along with information on continuing and...
Oct 13, 2020 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
Olive tree leaves have been used medicinally for hundreds of years and olive leaf extract (OLE) is an increasingly popular preventative and natural health product. Aiming to improve the appropriate selection of available products, new research has provided an...
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...
Jun 16, 2020 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Olive business, Technology/Science
In recent editions we’ve provided details of the AOA’s ‘let’s keep the knowledge sharing going during COVID-19’ webinar series, covering a range of productivity and profitability topics directly affecting Australian olive growers and producers. The six events held to...