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By Blake Nicholson, Once beloved as windbreaks, trees banned in some states Russian olive trees, which have sunk their roots in soil from the Mediterranean to northern China, are finding U.S. soil less and less hospitable. Some state officials, who think the trees suck up large amounts of water and crowd out native vegetation, now […]

By Harry Cline, California olive crop forecast is for 50,000 tons, down 65 percent from last year’s crop of 142,000 tons. Bearing acreage is estimated at 31,000 for a yield of 1.61 tons per acre, down 64 percent from last year’s yield. Olive growers across California are reporting that the 2006 olive crop is the […]

by C. Jerome Crow, While prices are good, the outlook for this year’s olive crop is less than ideal, according to the Olive Growers Council of California. While this year’s olive prices may be reasonably good, that doesn’t mean it will be a good year if there isn’t enough fruit to cover the cost, said […]

Salads can make great eating most of the year, but they have a special place on summertime menus. It’s easy enough to throw into a salad whatever’s at hand, but it’s also fun to try specific combinations of ingredients for a change of pace. Olives in various forms give salads a flavor lift, antipasto-style. Here […]

by Kathy Coatney, Olive set is light this year Bloom time weather is blamed The full impact of the February freeze on California’s 2006 olive crop wasn’t revealed until early June, after the bloom. Now olive growers realize that the damage was extensive-to both trees and bloom. “I think that we can reasonably say that […]