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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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...
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Total, partial and no tilling and bare soil year round
23 Dec, 19 | Olive Grove
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. This is the oldest technique of all. Tilling is done several times a year, which totally eliminates weeds. Tilling is more or less deep, depending on the time of year, to improve infiltration and diminish...
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Use of the Talcum Powder in Olive Oil Production
17 Dec, 19 | Olive Grove
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Authorized talcum powder acts as an adjuvant. We understand adjuvants as: different substances which are added to industrial processes in order to improve them, obtaining better work conditions and/or...