Olive oil production on track to exceed last year despite dry season for some

Australian olive growers are on track to produce 20 million litres of olive oil this year, up on the 14 million litres produced in 2014. Harvest has started in southern New South Wales, with Victoria and South Australia to ramp up in the coming weeks. Most of the national crop will be picked by July. Bruce Spinks from Wollundry Grove expects to pick between 30 and 40 tonnes of olives on his property on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga, in the NSW Riverina.