After opening its doors yesterday alongside Vinitaly and Enolitech, this venue for story-telling and business was officially inaugurated today by Minister Maurizio Martina Verona, 10 April 2017 – Sol&Agrifood saw the start of the institutional communication campaign organised by the Ministry of Agriculture to promote extra virgin olive oil. Minister Maurizio Martina chose the…
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Table olive processing methods
Here is a summary of methods for processing table olives: METHOD PROCESSING METHODS VARIETIES Treated Green Olives in Brine Olives are treated in alkaline lye and then packed into brine where they undergo a complete (Sevillian or Spanish-style) – or partial lactic fermentation. In the latter, they may be subsequently preserved at a specified pH…
Symptoms and management of Olive diseases and disorders
Barbara Hall and Dr Len Tesoriero A: South Australian Research & Development Institute, Plant Research Centre, Hartley Grove Urrbrae SA 5064 B: NSW department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarther Agricultural Institute, Menangle NSW 2568. Olives have been grown in Australia almost since first settlement. However, the recent expansion of plantings in the last decade has bought…
Is your spraying equipment well adjusted?
Orchard Spray Equipment: Set Up and Calibration by Dr Greg O’Sullivan Efficient pest and disease management require the setting up and calibration of spray equipment so that application of pesticides is controlled and accurate. With correctly set up and calibrated equipment an operator can accurately control the quantity of chemical and volume of water…
About Olive Lace Bug – Froggattia Olivinia
Olive lace bugs are sap seeking insects that feed on the underside of leaves. They cause a yellow mottling to the leaves surface, which usually turns brown and drops off. They can cause severe loss of energy, defoliation and reduced fruit yield. The pest is native to New South Wales and South Queensland, but are…
Do hormones play a role in Alternate Bearing of Olive Trees?
At the 2017 Olive Exposium, a presentation made by Paul Vossen, Emeritus Olive Consultant, brought up a pertinent point about hormone deficiency and the role they play in unproductive olive trees. This is the first time some of the delegates heard this concept. Here is an abstract and details about a study from Turkey and…
How to Prune for Mechanical Olive Shaker Harvesting?
Information has been provided by Barilla Contract Orchard Harvesting to provide insightful tips to achieving a successful and efficient olive harvest through pruning techniques to ensure an efficient olive harvest. Why prune olive trees? There are many reasons why you would want to incorporate a plan for pruning, here are a few reasons why; To…
Google recommends olive oil as a substitute for butter at Oscars to 40 million audience!
At the Oscars, Google played this video showing you use 3/4 cup olive oil over 1 cup of butter… From the words of Google themselves, there is no substitute for olive oil!
Wrap up of 2017 Olive Exposium
In case you missed it, here is the wrap up of the Olive Exposium 2017, the only International and Australian Olive Industry event hosted in Australia. Spirits were high at McLaren Vale in the stunning Fleurieu Peninsula during 7-9th February where more than 110 industry experts, influencers, growers, distributors, producers, marketers, researchers and suppliers worldwide…
Factors affecting your olive harvest
For olive oil production, it is very important not to irrigate for the weeks leading up to harvest as the moisture content of the fruit can be too high, the optimum moisture content is 50%. Plump olives are sometimes full of water, not oil. The high water content makes the extraction of oil more difficult…
Is Palm oil really a suitable alternative to olive oil for deep frying?
The below article is nonsense as the unilateral view is only looking at heat stability. If we were all guided by this we would all be frying with lard! The health issues associated to higher saturated fatty acid oils like palm and the reduced number of minor components due to refining should be part of…
TAX: Claiming the Research and Development Tax Incentive for agricultural activities
This Alert has been jointly developed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. The Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive is jointly administered by Innovation and Science Australia (supported by AusIndustry within the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science) and the ATO. Description The ATO and AusIndustry are reviewing…
Amanda Bailey on Olives by The Olive Centre 