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Stepping into the role of national EVOO head judge is Wagga Wagga producer Shane Cummins, a member of the Long Paddock Olive Rustlers. Already well known through years of judging…
Abdellatif Ghedira will be the new executive director of International Olive Council (IOC). The assignment was decided at the recent 103rd session, held in Madrid on November 23-26. The Council…
During the holiday of Hanukkah as we praise the miracle of the oil, yet new research published shed light on the damage caused by Israel’s olive oil industry. The studies…
A massive fraud was unmasked between Brindisi and Bari, Italy by the State Forestry Corps, and the District Anti-Mafia Directorate (DDA) of Bari, which discovered that 7,000 tons of olive…
The period for return of 2015 Grove Census Harvest Report forms has now ended and ONZ EO Gayle Sheridan has been hard at work collating the information. A snapshot of…
Submissions for positions on the Australian SIAP have now closed and the process of selecting the panels is now underway. The various grower-based panels provide strategic investment advice to Horticulture…
After 15 years at the helm of the Australian National EVOO Competition, head judge Richard Gawel has retired from the role, making the announcement at this year’s national industry conference.…
The European Commission has announced new guidelines on the joint selling of olive oil, beef and veal, and arable crops. The aim of the guidelines is to clarify how and…
Andalucia’s AINIA Technology Center has created a new method for instantly and non-invasively classifying olive oils. Using optical spectroscopy, or VIS/NIR, it can identify whether an oil is extra virgin,…
Although Spanish olive oil production is expected to increase to 1.2 million metric tons for the marketing year (MY) 2015/2016 from the 836,000 metric tons in MY 2014/2015, a recent…