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New fungal disease found on olives in Australia
Olive growers should monitor their groves for disease symptoms in the coming fruit season.
Read full storyMaking use of water and technology
Technologies supports better water use efficiency.
Read full storyDevice could deliver 'life-saving' treatment to diseased fruit plants
MIT engineers have developed a precision injection system for plants.
Read full storyCompostable bioplastic from olive waste
A biodegradable and compostable packaging solutions has been developed from olive stone waste.
Read full storyPrime Minister asking visitors to go home "counterproductive" for horticultural industry
Horticultural industry leaders are urging backpackers not to go home.
Read full storyOlive yield doubles through change of technique
Using New Zealand fruit tree management techniques instead of the olive grove management methods used in the Northern Hemisphere and Australia has at least doubled olive yields at trial sites across New Zealand, Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)-funded research has shown.
Read full storyAustralian Olive Association to co-host 2020 World Congress
Fats and oils will be firmly in focus next February as the Australian Olive Association co-hosts the World Congress on Oils & Fats 2020 (WCOF2020) in Sydney.
Read full storyW2Olives Wagga scores clean sweep of Australian International Olive Awards
One of Wagga’s olive oil producers has beaten a number of heavyweights to secure a clean sweep of trophies in the extra virgin category at an international awards.
Read full storyDefending Australia against Xylella
The number one plant biosecurity threat to Australia is now under the spotlight through a new Hort Innovation funded project.
Read full storyAccurate yield forecasting and better tree crop managment focus of $5M project
A grant worth more than $5 million dollars has been awarded to Hort Innovation to continue work in optimising the management of Australian tree crop industries through innovative mapping and monitoring tools.
Read full storyOlive growers face challenging season with limited water supply, extreme heat
Multiple hot spells with day temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius, and little to no seasonal rainfall, are just some of the challenges olive producers have had to battle this season.
Read full storyAustralian laboratory loses international accreditation for sensory testing
Australian olive oil growers must look further afield for official Extra Virgin certification if they require it this year. The only tasting panel in Australasia trained in International Olive Council (IOC) procedures which has been used to certify olive oils as extra virgin has not been recognised by the international body in 2019.
Read full storyPut the Spotlight on suckers
Orchardists looking for an efficient means of sucker control in tree crops can look to Spotlight Plus for a faster and significantly less expensive alternative than manual desuckering.
Read full storyHigh density – lower costs
Super high-density orchards could be the solution to rising labour and water costs making life tough for Australian growers working the land. Difficulties in finding suitable labour and budgeting for those labour costs are major problems in all rural areas.
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