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Olive tree leaves have been used medicinally for hundreds of years and olive leaf extract (OLE) is an increasingly popular preventative and natural health product. Aiming to improve the appropriate…
A new national research project is currently underway, aiming to deliver practical management options to horticultural industries recovering from bushfires. Funded by Hort Innovation in partnership with the New South…
A creative and innovative new project is getting young people involved in Australian biosecurity, deputising them as Pest Warriors on the search for “bad guy bugs” which may find their…
The AOA’s National Olive Industry Conference is going online in 2020, following the postponement of the next physical event until October 2021. Being held from Tuesday, 13 October to Friday,…
Last month’s interactive webinar with South African table olive expert Linda Costa was a huge success, attended by a large cohort of participants both new to table olive production and…
Pest and disease experts Dr Robert Spooner-Hart and Len Tesoriero have travelled the country over the past two years as part of the olive R&D project An integrated pest and…
Plant Health Australia (PHA) has launched a new online course on the fundamentals of plant biosecurity in Australia. The new course, launched in July 2020, is called Plant Biosecurity in…
The impacts of COVID on exports have created concerns for exporters around airfreight capacity and market conditions into the future. Current airfreight capacity is significantly reduced in line with reduced…