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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Image: Olive producers are being urged to keep safety front of mind, as harvest continues across Australia. By Laura Thomas Australian olive producers are being urged to keep farm safety…