2025 Conference Presentations Day 2
Robert Spooner-Hart, Olive Strategic Agrichemicals Review & the Olive Industry Biosecurity Plan: an update
The presentation addresses two recent pest and disease reviews of relevance to the industry: the Olive Strategic Agrichemicals Review that assessed current permitted pesticides as fit for purpose, and the Olive Industry Biosecurity Plan that is assessing exotic pest and disease threats and strategies to minimise their incursion and establishment.
Arnon Dag, The importance of optimizing macro-elements in fertilising olives
Covering the effect of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus fertilization level on olive tree physiology and olive oil quantity and quality in both controlled container and field experiments; and the importance of phosphorus for olive productivity and potassium for olive tree's functioning.
Nick Sayer, Waterfind sponsor presentation
Brenton Roberts, Orora Glass sponsor presentation
Andrew Taylor, Harvest timing and extension growth
Andrew outlines how balancing grove size, harvest method and capacity, weather conditions, yield expectations and desired flavour profiles is essential to achieving optimal efficiency and oil quality.
Jasmine Diamantaras, Update on Australian Dietary Guidelines, Health Star Rating and Olive Wellness Institute
Jasmine provides an update on the Australian Dietary Guidelines, the Health Star Rating and what these changes mean for growers and consumers and also provides an update on OWI’s activities over the last 12 months.
Panel Session: What machinery do I really need?
Chaired by Lisadurne Hill Estate owner and AOA Director, Tina Knight. Industry experts Michael Thomsett and Andrew Taylor discuss: machinery essentials – wants versus needs; how to determining the machinery size for your grove; and how to get the balance right – achieving grove efficiency versus over capitalisation.
John Fielke, Olives the Australian Way - a new scalable table olive production process
Olives the Australian Way™ is a novel method that creates a new style of table olive using less resources and in a quicker time. The presentation slides share the steps in creating this new style of table olive and the Table Olive Testing Results Slides shows the results of a table olives tasting session that was conducted at the conference by John Fielke and Michelle Wirthensohn.