Australia
Creating a new olive oil co-operative in the Adelaide Hills to better target export markets is rural award finalist Bridget Ransome’s plan for the upcoming year. The economic development officer…
Villa Rochford is part of Rochford Hall olive grove at Kellevie, just off the Arthur Highway on the way to the Tasman Peninsula. The original country house was built in…
Visitors to the Country Gourmet Pavilion at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days can taste olives and stock up on oil. Grampians Olive Co has been exhibiting at the field days…
Wet conditions in 2016 led to smaller than average olive crops for Western Australian farmers. With the next three months a critical period, many are hoping for better outcomes, but…
A more affordable and time-saving method for culling wild olive trees in Australia has been found in basal bark spraying. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/australia-and-new-zealand/better-method-controlling-wild-olive-trees-australia/54931
An English doctor moves Down Under and takes on an overgrown olive grove in Tasmania. It sounds like the plot for a new feature film, but this is the real…
A fire ripped through nine hectares of olive trees and grazing alongside the Tukituki Rd on Thursday. It took fire crews with a helicopter one-and-a-half-hours to bring the “well involved”…
A kitten has been covered in olive oil and pulled from a dumpster pipe after it got stuck in Melbourne’s north-west, in an unusual rescue mission for firefighters. Another example…