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Struggling olive producer and marketer Olea Australis last night unveiled an $18.75 million deal to sell most of its flagship Dandaragan olive business to investment scheme giant Great Southern. Olea, which last year restructured its relationship with investors in its olive managed investment schemes, said the sale included the Dandaragan olive groves, buildings and processing […]

Olive oil prices are expected to rise on tight supply. This year’s olive harvest is expected to be much smaller than in 2006, amounting to 15,000 tons, compared with 40,000 tons. One reason for the poor harvest was last year’s drought. Hani Hahashan of Kfar Marar, who won the Israel Olive Board’s “Outstanding olive oil” […]

By Rasheeda Bhagat, The Mario Solinas awards for the best extra virgin olive oil, constituted by the International Olive Oil Council were given away at its headquarters in Madrid on November 15. Each year the competition, widely known as the “Oscars in the world of olive oil” are getting more entries – this year a […]

The first prize of the International Olive Oil Council, the “Mario Solinas 2007” Quality Award in the medium fruitiness olive oil category, was won by a producer based in the town of Plomari on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos. The firm Rafteli-Protouli M. Co was honored with the distinction. Commendations in the extra virgin […]

By Bora Erdin, The olive and olive oil sector experienced a drastic decline in exports compared with October of last year, export figures for October 2007 revealed last week. Meanwhile, total exports of agriculture and stockbreeding sectors increased by 39.93 percent to $1.28 billion, according to the same figures. The situation concerning olives and olive […]