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By Karen McIntyre,
More than 150 years after the Gold Rush, gold is still being pumped out of Tehama County - well, liquid gold, said Jane Flynn, owner of Pacific Farms, which produces Pacific Sun Olive Oil.
Using the “liquid gold” slogan was one idea presented during a tour of Pacific Farms Tuesday to discuss ways [...]

By Suellen Jerrard,
Olive oil production in West Australia is expected to slow this year for the first time since the fledgling industry got off the ground about a decade ago.
Falls in production around the State are being attributed to the tendency for olive trees to fruit to their full potential only every second year as [...]

By Tina Caputo,
California olive oil history dates back hundreds of years to the late 1700s, when the first olive trees were brought over from Spain. As the industry grew, olive trees became a common sight in Northern California and the Central Valley, and olive oil processing mills began opening to meet demand for the golden [...]

In Spain, approximately 8.5 million kilograms of organic olive oil were put on the market in 2007. This quantity made olive oil the most important product regarding economic value and trade volume generated in the organic sector. According to the data of the Andalusian Committee for Organic Agriculture (CAAE), sales of this product increased by [...]

By Jim Downing,
Oroville-based California Olive Ranch Inc. plans to break ground today near Artois, Glenn County, on what it says will be the largest olive oil mill in North America.
The plant, which the company hopes to begin operating in October, will be able to process 76,000 gallons of olive oil a day, according to California [...]

By Reed Fujii,
LODI - Olive oil production in California is a hot ticket.
About 130 people joined in a two-day class offered Friday and Saturday in Lodi by the University of California, and others had to be turned away, said Dan Flynn, executive director of the UC Davis Olive Center. California olive oil production still is [...]

A company from Turkish western province of Aydin will set up an olive oil filling facility in Romania to reach European consumers.
Ortak Entrepreneurs Corp. chairman, Ozcan Guven, told reporters on Friday that they would establish the facility in Ramnicu Valcea city, and the facility would start production within four months.
Guven said that nearly 80 people [...]

By Ross Farrow,

The domestic olive oil business shows such potential that Cortopassi Partners plans to increase production to 12 times more than it currently does at its plant southeast of Lodi.
The San Joaquin County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing tonight on Cortopassi’s use permit application to expand its plant. If approved, Cortopassi will [...]

By Ijaz Kakakhel,
Realising importance of olive oil, the government is planning to encourage its production for meeting local requirements as well as for the export purposes.
An official in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock told Daily Times here on Saturday there is a lot of potential for olive cultivation in the country.
According to an [...]

Can India become a major producer and exporter of olive oil?
50,000 sapling of various varieties will be planted near Jaipur to find the Variety most suitable to India.
By Siddhartha Sarma,
The agriculture board of a desert state, a micro-irrigation firm, and an Israeli company think so. Later this week, 50,000 olive saplings of various varieties [...]

By Laura Kurtzman,
After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the University of California, Davis established a research department that led to the flowering of the California wine industry now, it hopes to do the same for olive oil.
The challenges to the emerging industry are significant. They include finding economical ways to produce fine oil, dealing [...]

Olive experts from the United States, Spain and Italy will teach the latest techniques in growing olives for commercial olive-oil production during an April 18-19 public short-course coordinated by the UC Davis Olive Center.
The course, to be held in Lodi, will begin Friday, April 18, with an update on olive-oil production in the United States [...]

The Texas Department of Agriculture reports the Lone Star State’s olive industry is poised for unprecedented growth in 2008, thanks to advances in olive tree production and an increased demand for olive oil. The industry was first established in 1994 with roughly 20,000 trees on four orchards. Today, the number of olive trees has grown [...]

La France importe 90 000 tonnes, soit 95% de sa consommation annuelle d’huile d’olive.
Nyons, dans la Drôme, et la Corse du Sud font une fête de la dégustation de l’huile d’olive nouvelle. Mais chaque région a ses traditions, ses terroirs, et aussi ses olives. Dans les Baronnies, la tanche, très savoureuse, a été consacrée par [...]

Pour rompre avec la culture du cannabis, très rentable dans cette vallée déshéritée, des femmes se lancent dans la production de l’huile et le commerce équitable. Avec la bénédiction de Rabat.
Enfin la pluie est arrivée. Aussi brutale qu’inespérée. Quand Dieu «met les nuages en morceaux», dit une sourate du Coran, «ses serviteurs se réjouissent». Située [...]

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Pakistan and Greece are likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in olive cultivation and olive oil production.
According to the information reaching Trade Development Authority (TDAP) here on Saturday, MINFAL has already accepted the draft of the MoU which has now been forwarded [...]

To increase foreign trade, the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) is preparing some overseas publicity activities for all sectors, particularly olive and olive oil.
China and India are the priority targets for the advertising campaigns, TİM Chairman Oğuz Satıcı said midweek at a press conference held by olive and olive oil sector representatives at the Foreign Trade [...]

Par L. Hammachi,
Dans la région nord de la wilaya de Sétif, l’oléiculture, qui est classée au quatrième rang au niveau national, avec une superficie de 16 000 ha, représentant 4,5% de la surface agricole, est en nette régression. Un paysan de la région dira : « Le fellah, qui produisait, il y a quelques années, [...]

The government has planned to enhance olive oil production and processing areas in 12 districts of Balochistan to bring 6,000 acres land for cultivation of olive orchards.
According to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture sources, during the five years, 675,000 plants in these districts which are considered as low delta crop for mass propagation of [...]

La production oléicole est estimée cette année (2007-2008) à 200 mille tonnes. La Tunisie, 4ème producteur mondial et 3ème exportateur d’huile d’olive en vrac, va produire, à cette fin, 1100 mille tonnes d’olives.
Ce volume, reconduit pour la cinquième année consécutive, augure d’une tendance à la stabilité de la production.
Rappelons que cette production a régressé de [...]

Par Galia Skander,
Depuis le démarrage de la campagne de récolte des olives, il y a 6 semaines, 20% en moyenne de la production a été cueillie, notamment dans la région de Sfax où seulement 230 unités de transformation ont été ouvertes sur un total de 400 unités.
Cette lenteur s’explique en partie par le refus de [...]

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) organized during the period from 15th to 17th for 40 trainees from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and different governorates on means of improving olive production and harvest.
The workshop also aimed at enlighten participants on the theoretical and practical aspects of olive production and maintenance of olive [...]

Interview par N. C.
Fraj Jaboussi est un agriculteur de la région de Bouarada, située à quelque 100 km au nord-ouest de Tunis. La région est notamment connue pour ses grandes cultures céréalieres et ses oliviers centenaires.
Comment se présente la récolte d’olives?
Elle est juste moyenne, soit environ la moitié de celle de l’année dernière. Vous savez, [...]

Par Samira Hamrouni,
En Tunisie, pays de l’olivier par excellence, l’arbre millénaire jalonne le paysage et fait sa réputation. La région de Sfax est bien connue par ses oliviers magnifiques et par sa grande production d’huile d’olive.
Depuis l’intervention coloniale, l’histoire de développement économique de la région est fortement liée à une entreprise d’installation des plantations oléicoles [...]

Par Fadhila Bergaoui,
Certes nos vergers oléicoles tissent leurs toiles à travers tout le territoire national. Notre huile est fruitée à souhait pour ceux qui l’aiment ainsi, douce à volonté pour d’autres. Certes, nous sommes le 4e producteur mondial d’huile d’olive. Mais nous restons d’illustres inconnus auprès des consommateurs européens et ceux des deux Amériques et [...]