Poor olive harvest due to weather
Only a few trees produced olives this year. Inset: John Cauchi of the San Niklaw Estate in Żejtun. Photos: Mark Zammit Cordina
A cruel year for local crops, 2016 showed no kindness to the olive industry, with one producer having seen his harvest drop by more than four-fifths. And while last year, the small family business was inundated with requests to press the olives of other growers, only a handful have contacted the San Niklaw Estate in Żejtun so far. Source: Times of Malta