2015 December Olivegrower & Processor

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News

Move for levy split to support marketing, page 4

Planning the way forward, page 5

China Project update, page 6

Olive Exposium a resounding success, page 8

Awards

Nangkita tops Fiesta! Awards… again, page 9

Record entries for Hunter Olive Show, page 9

Double triple treat, page 10

New AOA national EVOO competition Chief Judge: Shane Cummins, page 19

Feature Profile

My story with the AOA – Paul Miller, page 13

Miller’s new role, page 16

New AOA President: Peter O’Meara, page 16

People News

Gawel drops ‘chief’ from judging role, page 17

Olivegrower Profile

Westerly Isbaih, ALTO Olives, page 20

AOA Conference and Expo Review

2015 AOA National Conference, page 22

Irrigation

Ways to save water: best practices for watering trees, page 26, Keywords: grove management, drought, new plantings, water sensors, moisture monitoring, irrigation controllers

Bottling, Labelling & Packaging

What makes a great EVOO label? Page 28, Keywords: marketing, label design, packaging, labelling information, branding, shelf presence

Pests & Diseases

Xf disease: the importance of biosecurity practices, page 32, Keywords: Xylella, equipment hygiene

Olive Business

HALAL certification for olive oil, page 34

Olives & Health

Health round-up, page 36

Product & services

Rebuild option makes Ledgard the value choice, page 37