Amanda Bailey on Olives by The Olive Centre

Factors to Consider for Establishing a New Olive Grove

“Get the right advice the first time as this will save you time and money for years to come” Planting an olive grove is not about digging holes in the ground than sitting back, watching and waiting. Your preparation is fundamental to successful production! So here are our 5 factors to consider before you consider…

Trends, knowledge and the power of flexible thinking in the Olive Industry

Trends are happening all the time and unless we are receptive to what is happening, the truth – which usually leads to opportunity – can bypass any of us. The difficulty lies in defining “what’s happening”, because your own internal belief system will determine how you interpret the current state of play. Sometimes our belief…

10 ways to improve your olive grove

10 ways to improve your grove by partnering with The Olive Centre If you find locating information difficult to address questions in your grove, here are some ways we help to deliver you the information you need: 1 Website & improved functionality – At www.theolivecentre.com press My Account you have free access to monitoring datalog where you can enter in processing…

Olive Pest: Clearwing Moths

DAMAGE Clearwing moth larval feeding can cause tree bark to become gnarled or rough. Borer feeding can damage the plants food- and water-conducting tissues. With some clearwing species such as those that attack sycamore and pine, feeding is tolerated by trees and apparently causes no serious harm. Feeding by other species can weaken or kill branches. Branches…

Sumi-Alpha Flex to deliver fast knockdown of Olive Lace Bug

Many growers have been contacting me about their ongoing problems with Olive Lace Bug. Outbreaks and populations of Olive Lace Bug have been found in areas where they never have been seen before. These cases of Lace Bug attack can be difficult to control, particularly when the pest is so persistent. A product called Sumi-Alpha…

Ant Bait Control in Olives and Crop applications with Distance PLUS by Sumitomo Chemical

Distance PLUS ant bait is based on the insect growth regulator Pyriproxyfen, it acts as a juvenile hormone mimic, preventing the queen from laying viable eggs and preventing the metamorphosis of larvae into adult ants. Because of its unique mode of action, Distance Plus causes a gradual reduction in worker numbers until the colony collapses…

Power requirements for an Olive Oil Extraction machine

Have you assessed the power requirements of the olive oil machinery you are considering? Do you have single or three phase power? The answers to these questions can be relatively straightforward or difficult and/or costly. Here we look to find a solution to power your machine. Typically, we start with your Electrician or Energy Power…

Olive Alliance Field Day Update – Alan Hillier Grove Waikerie SA

The Olive Alliance field day as hosted by Agromillora Australia, Olive-tec & The Olive Centre showing around 50 Olive Growers from Australia and New Zealand through the Riverland region of South Australia. The Alan Hillier Grove featured in this update was one of the newly planted groves in the region. Here is a video of…

How to label a difficult shaped olive oil bottle?

This video shows a 100mL bottle called a ‘BellOlio’ being labelled. It has a square base and a round top. You will see we can label at the rate of 18 bottles per minute with this difficult bottle. The BenchMAX is revolutionary in design as it can detect the edge of a square base and…

NZ33095 a powerful new enzyme to boost olive oil quality

Pectinex Ultra Olio (formerly NZ33095) has been through various trials in the past seasons. It has been noted NZ33095 by Novozymes is the most powerful enzyme and very useful for early season fruit for the purpose of pectin degradation. It has been estimated that the current industrial efficiency of the Australian olive oil industry ranges…

NZ33095 a powerful new enzyme for 2014 harvest to boost olive oil quality!

47 Olive Growers tour the Canberra Region in the name of research

Canberra ACT – On the 29th November the Olive Alliance Field Day toured through the Canberra region from Jeir to Collector. 47 growers travelled from the Hunter Valley, Falls Creek, Sydney, Wagga Wagga & Canberra region, and took part in the “Olive Alliance Field Day”. The day was a great success where the Olive Alliance…