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New Zealand’s prime minister is looking to put his country’s relationship back on track with Thailand after the damaging botulism crisis in August by embarking on a trade visit of the Southeast Asian country over three days.
The Olives New Zealand Focus Grove Project Proposal has now been submitted to the Sustainable Farming Fund for consideration. The three year project aims to identify, trial and measure best practice in relation to improving outcomes on a group of subject groves, with the resulting information to then be disseminated to other growers so that…
The 2014 Olives New Zealand Conference and AGM will be held in Wellington on Saturday, 22 March at the Brentwood Hotel, starting at 8.30am with the AGM and finishing at 5pm. Value-adding to the weekend, there will be an optional excursion on the Sunday to Wairarapa, with bus transport leaving the Brentwood Hotel at 8.30am…
The AOA will soon be disseminating a survey regarding the current R&D priorities, aiming to ensure that these are still relevant to levy payers today. CEO Lisa Rowntree said the plan was originally compiled in 2009, and in order to ensure that the IAC are making the right decisions, it is important to know that…
More than 850 investors are in no mood to hold out the olive branch, after losing $39 million in a failed investment scheme in Queensland. Lawyers Slater & Gordon are investigating a potential class action against Professional Investment Services Pty Ltd for inappropriately recommending the investors sink their savings into olive grower Australian Green &…
The AOA has also placed a generic “How to Choose an Olive Oil” full page colour advertisement in the December/January edition of the “Super Foods” magazine, which is on the stands now. Providing information on ‘Extra Virgin’, ‘fresh harvest’ and ‘Australian grown’, the ad guides consumers to our fresh, local product. The ad also features…
The AOA has developed a television commercial featuring leading nutritionist Joanna McMillan, which will air between 1 –21 December. The 30-second commercial will be shown in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide during key programs including The Today Show, news, 60 Minutes, Weekend Today, breakfast coverage, test cricket, Alive & Cooking, A Current Affair and…
More than two-thirds of the total value of Australian crop production comes as the result of protection products, meaning that some of the country’s harvests would be commercially unviable without them.
The 2014 AOA National Conference and Trade Exhibition will be held in Newcastle from 17-19 September. The 17th will be a Field Day in the Hunter Valley, followed by the conference proper on the 18th and 19th (Thursday and Friday). Among other constructive changes planned for the event, a tiered pricing system will be offered,…
What began as outrage over phone bugging accusations has now escalated to the point that Indonesia revealed it was turning away from Australian food imports.