Archive for the 'Olive Tree' Category

07 Nov

California, Tehama County olive crop falls short

By Geoff Johmson, The local olive oil industry is expected to boom over the coming years, but California has seen better olive harvests than 2008. As the state’s olive crop comes in, it appears an April frost and a May heat wave have knocked California’s olive crop to less than half of that of 2007. […]

06 Nov

Olive harvest underway for artisan growers in California

05 Nov

Australian Olive producers to be hit with levy

Olive producers in South Australia will be hit with a levy to fund projects for the benefit of the industry, including promotion and research. Agriculture Minister Rory McEwen said the $6 a tonne levy was strongly supported by olive producers. “The olive industry is a growing contributor to economic development in the regional areas of […]

28 Oct

TyTy Tree Nursery Now Shipping Olive Trees for Growing and Landscaping

Olive production in the United States is a multimillion dollar business and has been located primarily on the West coast. However, olive orchards are now being planted throughout the south, where hot dry conditions prevail, and where temperatures do not drop below 10*F during the winter. Ty Ty tree nursery is announcing shipments of a […]

28 Oct

Sarah Palin and the olive fruit fly research

last week, Sarah Palin gave her first policy speech, urging the federal government to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Along the way, she too attacked science earmarks by claiming that the shortfall needed to fully fund the act was less money than was allocated to projects that have “little or nothing to […]