Sep 16, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Seminars/Conference
The 2016 Australian National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition is being held from Monday, 3 to Wednesday, 5 October in Geelong, Victoria. The first two days are seminar sessions at The Pier Geelong, with a field day at the Boundary Bend bottling facility...
Sep 7, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
After a one-year test with Greek oils, the world’s second largest retailer has returned to Italy for its Kirkland Signature brand, saying it was “what members wanted.” Costco Switches Back to Italian for Private Label...
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...
Sep 7, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Seminars/Conference
The Australian Olive Association will organise the National Olive Conference & Trade Exhibition – producers across Australia will be attending in order to get to know the latest innovations as well as enjoying the trade show, which will bring together...
Aug 31, 2016 | NZ, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Surveys
Olives NZ Grove Census forms will be emailed out this week, along with a Grove Database Report. EO Gayle Sheridan advises that those who have previously supplied details will only need complete the Tree Performance section – that is, 2016 harvest data: tonnage...
