Total, partial and no tilling and bare soil year round

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...

Use of the Talcum Powder in Olive Oil Production

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...

Common pests in the olive tree

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Here are the main common pests that can affect olive trees and our recommendations to treat them. Olive tree mite (Aceria oleae) Prays oleae Glyphs (Margaronia unionalis) Olive weevil beetle (Otiorhynchus...

Olive Tree Nutrition: Phosphorous and Potassium

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Phosphorous Phosphorous is involved in the reactions that need metabolic energy, such as sprouting, growth, fruit setting and maturation. Low leaf levels of phosphorous produces short sprouts and leaves, low...

Ideas to start designing an olive oil sales process

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In this article we will start by defining what it means to follow an olive oil sales process, the second is to decide if you are going to embark on a business adventure with your eyes open or closed. You can...

Luminous nutrition and adequate water are all Olive tree leaves need

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In the leaves (and unripe fruit as well) photosynthesis occurs, which consists of the fixation of carbonic-anhydride that is taken up with water from the roots by the stomas. Light acts as a source of energy...

The olive tree as xerophytic plant

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The wild olive tree is found in the entire Mediterranean basin. Broadly speaking, the Mediterranean climate is defined by its hot, dry summers with relatively rainy and mild fall and spring, yet there is...

Interview: Susana Romera, Olive Oil School of Spain Technical Director

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Susana Romera: "Olive oil is the healthiest fat for human body, but it is not used that much" Olga Beklemisheva, Olive Oil Sommelier by ESAO, the Olive Oil School of Spain, co-founder of the Russian project...

Reinventing the business model in the olive oil sector

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. “You can resist an army attack, but not an idea whose time has come” Víctor Hugo

Olive Tree Nutrition: Boron, Zinc and Iron

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. ¿Do you know these three elements that influence in the olive tree nutrition?

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