NEW FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ANR PUBLICATIONS!
Olive Oil Courses:
Advanced Olive Oil Sensory Short Course - May 20, 2009
UC ANR Publications catalog
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/
Table Olives: Safe Home Pickling
UC Pest Management Guidelines for Olives:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.olives.html
Olive Maturity Index Calculator:
(You must have Microsoft Excel on your machine to use the calculator)
Olive Maturity Index Calculator
USDA STANDARDS
The Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture is soliciting comments on the proposed revision to the United States Standards for Grades of Olive Oil. (link to)
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=090000648060bd5f&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
Proposed Standards for Grades of Olive Oil and Olive-Pomace Oil 3-28-08 (link to)
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5069526
This could also be linked directly to the attached pdf file.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
First Press: Newsletter of Olive Oil Production and Evaluation
- First Press Summer 2008 - Verticillium Wilt of Olive, Oil Crop for 08-09, A Sea of Trees, Olive Fly Stings
- Spring 2008 (Sensory Descriptive Analysis, Production Short Course Info., What's Happening in Argentina and Chile, and Special Report: Mechanical Harvest for Modern HD Orchards)
- Winter 07-08 (UC Davis Olive Center; New Pest of Olives; Olive Oil Blending; Storage Tank Materials)
- Fall 2007 (Bigger Crops; Adulterated Oil; Research in Spain; Harvest Efficiency; 2007 Cost Study)
- Summer 2007 (Preferences of trained and untrained tasters; Mass-trapping; Oil standards, Set alert)
- Spring 2007 (Pruning; Density Debate; Organic Olive Manual; Irrigation Alert)
- Winter 06-07 (Orchard Spacing; Frost or Freeze; Excess Nitrogen & Oil Quality)
- Fall 2006 (Oil Yield; USDA Standards Update; Maturity Index; Olive Fly Products)
- Summer 2006 (Irrigation; Industry Statistics Update)
- Spring 2006 (Fertility Management; Black Scale; Understanding Competition Results)
- Winter 05-06 (Foliar Disease; Weed Control; UC Davis Olive Oil)
- Fall 2005 (Harvest Efficiency; Olive Fly Update)
Presentations from the Olive Oil Production for Oil UC Davis Short course Lodi 4-18-08
- Harvest Machinery for Oil Olivers - Louise Ferguson
- Irrigation Management Oil Olives - Joseph Connell
- Irrigation Quality for Oil Olives - Joseph Connell
- Market Outlook for California Olive Oil - Alan Greene
- Modern Production Systems in Spain - Joan Tous
- New Cost Studies for the Super-high-density System - Karen Klonsky
- Nutrient Considerations for Oil Olives - Joe Connell
- Oil Varieties - Paul Vossen
- Olive Fly Control - Marshall Johnson
- Orchard Establishment - Joe Grant
- Orchard Floor Management for Olives - Tom Lanini
- Pest Control for Olives - Bill Krueger
- The Italian Olive Culture between present/future and face the opportunity of high density plantations - Angelo Godini
- The New Olive Center at the UC Davis Robert Mondavi Institute - Dan Flynn
- What is Happening in California and the World - Paul Vossen
Olive Oil as a New Crop Presentation - Woodland 03/19/09
Olive Pest Management
- Controlling Olive Fly at Home
- Olive Fly Handout for Growers
- Olive Tree Peacock Spot
- Sources of Products for Olive Fruit Fly control
- Spanish "OLIPE" Trap for Olive Fly
- UC Olive Fly Control Update 2006
Olive Oil Processing
- Olive Maturity Index
- Olive Oil Cultivars, Including Several California Table Varieties for Comparison.
- Olive Oil Equipment
- Olive Oil Mills in California 2008
- Olive Oil Production References
- Olive Oil Yield
- Processing Techniques Influence on Quality
- Slide Presentation: Oil Olive varieties and Production Systems
Olive Oil Evaluation
- Annual UC Sensory Evaluation Course
- Comparison of Olive Oil Ratings - Trained Tasters vs. Magazine Staff
- What is "Extra Virgin" and How to Read a Label
- International Olive Council & CA Trade Standard for Olive Oil
- Olive Oil Quality Top Ten Factors
- Olive Variety and Maturity Influences on Quality.
- Sensory Attributes
- Slide Presentation: The Growers Perspective on Olive Oil Quality
- Testing Labs-2005
Growing Olives
- Fertilizing Olives
- Grafting Olives: Patch Budding Technique
- Identification of Olive Varieties
- Olive Harvesting Equipment
- Organic Olive Manual
- Planting an Olive Tree
- Pruning Tall or Neglected Olives
- Source of Olive Trees
- Super High Density Olive Orchard
- Weed Control
Olive Oil Industry
- California Olive Oil Industry Statistics 2004
- Current Opportunities in the California Olive Oil Industry
- North Coast Olive Oil Production Cost Study 1999
- Olive Oil Production Cost Study Sacramento Valley 2007
- Olive Oil Production Cost Study San Joaquin Valley 2007
- Olive Oil Production Cost Study-2001
- Olive Oil Production in France -1995
- Olive Oil Production in Greece 1999
- Olive Oil Production in Italy, 2000
- Olive Oil Production in Spain 1997
- Slide Presentation: California and World Olive Oil Trends and Statistics.
- Super-high-Density Olive Oil Production Cost Study-2004
Olive Oil Award Winners
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