International News/Trends

Certification submissions have now started and the first shipment of New Zealand oils will be sent to the DPI in Australia for testing this Friday. All Olives NZ members will…

Marlborough olive trees are carrying heavy crops after a sunny summer and Marlborough Olive Press chairman Mark Heard predicts oil yields will be well up on last season. The co-operative…

Oil is flowing again at Marlborough Oil Press. Press supervisor Aman Chowfin said Monday was the first day the press was back in operation after 10 months of not being…

We have an oil problem on our hands, and it has nothing to do with renewable energy and carbon emissions. When experts convened recently at the 104th American Oil Chemists’ Society…

Data gathered by on-the-ground economists from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will be shared with the International Olive Council (IOC) in a move that should sharpen forecasts…

It was a year of “unprecedented activity” for the North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA), according to its chairman, John Sessler. In the trade group’s 2012 annual report distributed last…

The food industry is anything but shaky around the world these days, from meat glue to horse meat in “beef” burgers. Who are we to trust? The latest scandal is…

It’s the worst since at least 1999, and that’s official! With harvesting now concluded in Andalucia, this year’s olive crop is down around 57% on the 1.36 million tonnes of…