Hobby olive farms in vogue with record oil production projected in Victoria

The good oil on olive growing is that business is booming, with record production tipped for Victoria.
And our Indian summer and long clear sunny days and cool nights leading into winter helped make it happen. In 2007, production was five million litres of oil, and this year growers will harvest a record 15 million litres – about two and half times more than last year. Ten years ago the figure was less than one million litres. Fairfax Media reports that exports will account for 40% of production, with local demand set to increase by 60% a year.