Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. One can never overemphasize the importance of good maintenance and proper useage of olive oil machinery.
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Critical moment: Olive sprouting
29 Apr, 20 | Olive Grove Management
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Between February and May, depending on the winter temperatures to which the olive tree is subjected, the sprouting of the flower buds occurs and the most important flux of vegetative growth of the year...
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Tariffs for Spanish Olive Oil
05 Mar, 20 | Commerce and Exports
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. At ESAO we want to get closer to the tariffs in the US and the problem it caused in 2020 for Spanish olive oil.
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8 Key Steps for Extra Virgin Olive Oil Extraction
04 Mar, 20 | Olive Oil Sommelier
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. When a new olive oil campaign is about to begin, most producers and master millers have a very clear goal: to bring the best Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) to the market. To achieve this result, there cannot...
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High quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil
12 Feb, 20 | Olive Oil Sommelier
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. When we talk about the quality of virgin olive oils, the highest one is extra virgin olive oil. There are two types of analytics to classify virgin olive oil: physical-chemical and sensory. We will see in...
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Key moments when the olive tree should not suffer water stress
06 Feb, 20 | Olive Grove
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. We should not think of the olive tree as a vegetable, or as a citric or subtropical tree, since those plants developed in environments where there was never any water stress. The olive tree is adapted to...
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Why your olive tree leaves need maximum light exposure?
23 Jan, 20 | Olive Grove
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Olive tree branches need to have maximum light exposure. The more light exposure the leaves and fruit get, the greater the production of photoassimilates, and hence, the greater the growth of sprouts and...
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Olive Grove
Nitrogen in the olive tree
08 Jan, 20 | Olive Grove
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Apart from CO2, water and sunlight, plants need mineral nutrients for their metabolism. Without these nutrients, the plant cannot complete its life cycle. The root is the organ that absorbs mineral...