Olive Oil News
The call is out for people to help with the Blenheim Returned Services Association’s annual olive harvest. Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology tutor Don Cross has volunteered to be the…
Read MoreSA olive growers are advised that the State Voluntary Levy was repealed as of 1 May 2013, when the compulsory National Olive R&D Levy came into operation. The SA levy was…
Read MoreThe Australian Olive Association (AOA) board has been approach by a few imported olive oil brands who wish to be recognised by the AOA as meeting the Australian Standard for…
Read MoreThe AOA has obtained a chemical permit for Dimethoate (containing 400 g/L Dimethoate as the only active constituent). Permit #PER1399 was granted to the AOA by the Australian Pesticides and…
Read MoreIt’s looking like an above-average year for the 2013 olive harvest. Olive press and Moonlight Estate grove owner Peter Green said this year’s harvest would be a big improvement on…
Read MoreGlencore Xstrata’s Bulga Underground mine, near Singleton in the Hunter Valley, is now producing more than just coal. It’s also producing olive oil. The mine owns Atulya Olive Grove, which…
Read MoreThe industry is mourning the loss of popular member Dan Burnett, who passed away in March after an accident in Rome. Dan was a leading boutique producer of olives and…
Read MoreNorth West Tasmanian farmers are preparing to challenge olive oil in the premium end of the oil market. The Nichols family at Redbank farm at Sisters Creek are in the…
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