Scientists are trying to catalogue hundreds of olive trees, some more than 1,000 years old, on the Greek island of Crete in a bid to save them from abandonment amid falling olive prices, an agronomy institute said on Wednesday.
Olives have for centuries been a Cretan staple and a major source of income but falling [...]
By Ron Brown,
With Southern Oregon establishing it’s reputation for growing grapes, another warm climate crop is starting to take root.
More than 130 acres between Jacksonville and Medford are the beginning of what some hope will be an olive oil industry in the Rogue Valley.
Olive tree Grower Jeff Hoyal has planted more than 86,000 Greek and [...]
A rural Industries Research Development Corporation study has shown that olive growers can reduce their irrigation without sacrificing yield.
The study also suggests the characteristics of the olives are not affected by reducing water volumes.
The study, Olive Crop Management for Optimal Sensory and Chemical Quality Project, was carried out over four years at a large property [...]
By Sheryl Walters,
Our bodies and immune systems are constantly fighting off foreign things such as pollution, bacteria and viruses. Stress from our fast paced lives is a leading cause of the further weakening of our body’s ability to combat illnesses.
Using drug substances, that act as an antibiotic, can actually weaken our immune systems and [...]
The administrator for failed agribusiness giant Timbercorp has been given approval by the Victorian Supreme Court to apply to wind up the company’s olive and almond schemes.
KordaMentha wants to end the schemes to make it easier to sell the 13 almond projects and 11 olive groves in northern Victoria.
Spokesman Michael Smith says a number of [...]
By Kim Woods,
Harvest, which began in mid-April, is wrapping up after severe frosts last week.
Wagga Wagga, in NSW, is home to about 55,000 trees owned by investment companies and small growers.
The Riverina Olive Growers Association has 45 active members picking fruit from up to 30,000 trees.
Association secretary Vici Murdoch said unseasonal heat and rain had [...]
By Julie R. Johnson,
Officials are scratching their heads as to why this year’s olive crop is the pits. “The crop looked really good early on,” said Doug Compton, assistant commissioner of the Tehama County Agriculture Department. “But then we began hearing reports of poor fruit set from olive growers.”
Across the state, Tehama County appears to [...]
The Australian Olive Association (AOA) is celebrating a welcomed boost after the Federal Government confirmed a $200,000 grant, which will enable the AOA to develop a high-profile marketing campaign to promote Australian extra virgin olive oil and table olives.
The funding, announced by Minister for Agriculture Tony Burke, is part of a $2 million wider initiative [...]
The administrators of troubled agricultural projects manager Timbercorp say they have not yet determined if the company’s forestry projects are still viable, or insolvent like its olive and almonds projects.
Timbercorp was placed in administration in April, with liabilities estimated at the time of $930 million.
Mark Korda of administrator KordaMentha said on Thursday that full financial [...]
The waste obtained from olive during the oil extraction process can be used to eliminate heavy metals from sewage or waste waters of productive activities.
Olive pits, pomace and remains (from olive tree pruning) present an outstanding capacity to retain the lead present in this water, which confirms their capacity as biosorbents for their application in [...]
By Beverly Burmeier,
Poor soil, high temperatures, and low water levels are all plentiful in central Texas. Not the usual growing conditions for a food crop, this combination just happens to be perfect for olive trees. So Jack Dougherty, former president of a computer company, bought a ranch near Wimberley and became the first person to [...]
By Sandra Godwin,
The Boundary Bend olive harvest was under way this week after a halt caused by Timbercorp’s financial woes.
After a three-day shutdown, workers at Timbercorp olive groves at Boort and Boundary Bend got back to the business of harvesting olives last week.
The harvest ground to a halt earlier in the week as Timbercorp administrator [...]
By Melissa Allison & Amy Martinez,
This fall during the olive harvest in Italy, Dan McCarthy plans to have about 180 bottles of freshly pressed olive oil shipped by air from the 50-acre Tuscan estate of his former Queen Anne customers, Enzo Schiano and Claire Beliard.
To cover the airfreight, McCarthy & Schiering Wine Merchants will add [...]
By Rachel Hewitt,
The harvesting of Timbercorp’s giant olive crop will resume this morning after the company struck a $15 million deal to sell the fruit to its harvester.
The fate of this year’s crop – at two olive groves in northern Victoria – was uncertain after the company’s April 23 collapse.
The harvest must be completed in [...]
Harvesting is going ahead at one of the largest olive groves in the world, owned by Timbercorp.
The grove, at Boort in central Central Victoria, is one of the properties the company had trouble selling, before placing itself into voluntary administration.
Will Pattison, who works as a contract harvester at the grove, says it makes sense to [...]
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