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By Laura Thomas It often pays to read the fine print and when selecting a bottle of quality Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil, you can bet your customers will do exactly that. A good label will tell them everything they need to know about their chosen bottle of liquid gold – its character, place of…
Image: Some of last year’s winners. By Laura Thomas You’ve poured your heart and soul into your operation and you think you’ve got a great olive product. But have you ever wondered how it might stack up against some of the best in Australia and the world? Entries for the 2025 Australian International Olive Awards…
By Laura Thomas Australia is home to an estimated 10 million olive trees, located within 450 commercial groves across 33,000 hectares. An estimated 85,000 tonnes of fruit was produced in 2024. A portion of this volume was subject to the Federal Government’s Olive Levy, payable by olive producers to help support the Australian olive industry.…
By Laura Thomas An unprecedented opportunity for growth awaits the Australian olive industry, as consumer appetite for quality olive products swells while production fails to keep pace. Australia produced 14.5 million litres of olive oil and 3,000 tonnes of table olives in 2024, mostly for domestic market consumption. Supplementing this supply was around 30-40m litres…
The venue is booked and planning is well underway for this year’s premier industry gathering, the 2025 AOA National Olive Industry Conference & Exhibition. Which means it’s time to get your calendar marked off to ensure you don’t miss out! Where: Hotel Grand Chancellor, Adelaide, SA When: Tuesday 28 October (optional Field Day) Wednesday 29…
If you’ve tried to access the OliveBiz or Australian Olives websites in the last few days, you would have noticed you’ve been re-directed to the AOA’s brand new website. Launched last week following a considerable development period, the new website consolidates all of the AOA’s technical and news resources to provide a complete repository of…
Hort Innovation’s 2025 Grower and Partner Survey is now open, and they want to hear from you. This annual survey is Hort Innovation’s primary, regular mechanism for feedback about horticulture in Australia, growers’ on-farm practices and priority areas for research, development and marketing. The results help the company meet its aims of delivering value and…
2026 Nuffield Scholarship applications are currently open to Australian primary producers and those working in the agriculture industry, providing the opportunity to travel and study a topic which will add value to the Australian primary industry sector. Nuffield Australia awards scholarships each year to farmers in Australia. The objective is to increase practical farming knowledge…
The latest Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) document for the olive industry has been published on the Hort Innovation website, following a review of the current threats and management options. The olive industry SARP was last updated in 2020, via a process which identifies and updates diseases, insect pests and weeds of major concern to…
Image: An olive grove decimated by Xylella. (Rodrigo Krugner, USDA) By Laura Thomas A Xylella outbreak in southern Italy has sparked a fresh warning for Australian olive growers, as efforts to keep the country disease-free continue. Xylella fastidiosa has been detected in an olive tree in Minervino Murge, near Bari, in an area previously believed free…