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Jan. 30, 2018
Table Olive Production Continues Rise
World production and consumption of table olives have risen sharply, according to figures from the International Olive Council.
Jan. 30, 2018
Discounted Nutella Sparks Riots in French Supermarkets
Riots erupted in French supermarkets on Thursday when Intermarché reduced the price of Nutella by 70 percent.
Jan. 30, 2018
Major Spanish Trade Group Looks at Ways to Join Fight Against Xylella
Spain's association of olive oil industry stakeholders is studying ways to join the research efforts on Xylella fastifiosa to make sure the objectives related to the olive oil sector are met.
Jan. 25, 2018 World
Jan. 24, 2018 World
ABC News Explores Effects of Climate Change on Italian Olive Oil Production
Jan. 19, 2018 Business
Jan. 17, 2018 Europe
Jan. 10, 2018 Production
New Project in Greece Aims to Decrypt Domestic Olive Cultivars
Jan. 8, 2018
Smart System Identifies Olive Fly's Flutter
A new technology would allow olive producers to identify when the olive fruit fly is present in their groves and react accordingly.
Jan. 3, 2018
Spanish and Italian Producers Share Successes, Challenges at Duel Summits
Olive oil producers and experts gathered for dueling meetings in Sevilla and Rome to examine the challenges of the rapidly changing global olive oil market.
Jan. 3, 2018
Turkish Olive Oil Giant Opening New Facility in Germany
In a move seen as an opportunity for the Turkish firm to circumvent the European Union’s import quota on Turkish olive oil, Marmarabirlik, is preparing to open storage and processing facilities in Cologne, Germany.
Dec. 27, 2017
Unilever to Sell Its Olive Oil Business in Greece
After years of dominance, Unilever is about to withdraw from the Greek olive oil market.
Dec. 14, 2017
EU Helps Sustainable Growers in Spain, But US Tariffs on Table Olives Loom
As Europe helps farmers adopt sustainable agricultural practices in olive groves, the legality of proposed U.S. tariffs on Spanish table olives is contested.
Dec. 13, 2017
Italy's Cooperatives: Strength in Numbers
Cooperatives of Italian olive growers reached the highest standards thanks to smootly-running incentive systems, while helping small scale proucers enter the market.
Dec. 7, 2017
Europe Okays Controversial Weed Killer
The licence for glyphosate, an active ingredient in weed killers that the WHO classified as carcinogenic, has been renewed by the EU for a period of five years.
Dec. 7, 2017
Rash of Thefts Target Greek Producers
With the harvest season is at its peak, Greek olive oil producers are nagged by cases of crop and oil piracy.
Dec. 4, 2017
Parisian Exploration of New Oils Goes International
Olio Nuovo Days announced the third edition ‘Hémisphère Nord’ at a press conference in Paris.
Dec. 4, 2017
New Protests Erupt Against Removal of Olive Trees for TAP Pipeline
Using a law which dates back to 1931, officials in Lecce designated the area surrounding the TAP construction site a "red zone" and placed it under police control.
Nov. 30, 2017
Greek Politician Voices Concern for Sector's Vulerability
The problems of south European olive oil producers and ways to face them were expressed in a written question by European Parliament Member, Manolis Kefalogiannis.
Nov. 28, 2017
150-Year-Old Sailboat Brings Olive Oil From Portugal to Britain
Almost 90 percent of the world’s cargo travels by ships which contribute four percent of global CO2 emissions. Not this one.
Nov. 27, 2017
Seven Held in Greece for Alleged Olive Oil Fraud
The suspects used a dye to alter the color of the sunflower oil to appear like olive oil.
Nov. 27, 2017
Croatians Celebrate a 'High Quality' Olive Harvest
Olive oil producers in Croatia are happy with their new batch of freshly-pressed oil and report that despite lower yields, oil quality is even better than last year.
Nov. 27, 2017
French Farmers Get Outside Help to 'Professionalize' EVOO Production
After an improved yet unexceptional olive harvest in France, olive growers are turning to a Spanish company for help.