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Twenty-five mills in China managed to produce 5,000 tons of olive oil this year according to the International Olive Council citing official sources, a 75% increase over the previous season.…
Read MoreThe olive harvest has begun with South Texas growers expecting a record year due to favourable weather and more acreage coming into production. Crews at the Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard…
Read MoreMinistry of National Food Security and Research is reportedly sitting on a fact-finding inquiry conducted by a parliamentary panel against a “specific group” associated with Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC)…
Read MoreTurkey’s olive oil exports declined substantially to 7,000 tonnes last season compared with as much as 92,000 in 2012/13, according to the country’s Olive Oil Exporters Union. Source: Agranet.com Read…
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Imagine a tough guy who stands up to organised crime, and you probably think of a steely cop or a crusading prosecutor. But in the Calabria region of southern Italy,…
Read MoreA 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,…
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Retail prices of olive oil in India are expected to fall by up to 20% due to a likely bumper crop in some key producing countries, particularly Spain, marketers such…
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The villa that once belonged to Michelangelo, which includes an almost 1,000-year-old olive press and millstone, is going for about $8.4 million. “I think the property would be perfect for…
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