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Olive oil: new world producers appear strongly
There was a time when the production of olive oil was limited to a few Mediterranean countries. And while the world regions continue to be with a greater production, over the years new producers have been incorporated as the olive juice has been known throughout the world.
The production of olive oil in CLM is foreseen 10% lower than the present campaign
Cooperativa Agro-alimentarias Castilla-La Mancha estimates a decrease of olive oil production in this autonomous community of 10% compared to this campaign.
Aguilera calls for legal guarantees for the collective storage of olive oil
Socialist MEP Clara Aguilera has called for greater legal certainty so that the olive oil sector can carry out "collective storage", which involves withdrawing part of the oil from the market when there is overproduction. Aguilera has raised this demand for more legal guarantees during a joint appearance of Agriculture Commissars, Phil Hogan, and Competition, Margrethe Vestager in the Committee on Agriculture of the European Parliament.
The Baena PDO collaborates in the First World Salmorejo Congress
In its continuous commitment to the promotion of its oils, the Regulatory Council of the Denomination of Protected Origin (PDO) Baena participates as a collaborator in the First World Congress of the Salmorejo, which took place in the Provincial Council of Cordoba.
The olive exporters, in a complicated situation, due to the high prices at origin
Opinion article in which Rafael Pico, director of the Spanish Association of the Industry and Exports of Olive Oil (Asoliva) assesses the situation of Spanish exports of olive oil for e-Comercio Agrario (ECA).
April breaks with the tonic of strong growth and sales of olive oil, which fell by 30%
April has meant an important gap in the trend of strong growth that in the previous six months have been experiencing the market outflow of olive oil. Thus olive oil sales in this month have fallen by 30%, as confirmed by the packers and exporters of olive oil from Spain, (ANIERAC and ASOLIVA), with data made public by the Food Information and Control Agency (AICA).
Tejerina inaugurates Expoliva urging the Spanish olive sector to continue leading in production and quality
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, stressed that Spain must continue to be a world leader in the production and quality of olive oil, for which the joint work of the Ministry, the Board Of Andalusia and the sector is required. For this reason, García Tejerina has encouraged all sectors involved to prepare for the future is even better.
The exports of olive oil at March 31st exceeded the average of past campaigns by 22%
With a total of 504,600 t, olive oil exports accumulated at 31st March stood above the previous season and the average of the last seasons by 36% and 22%, respectively, maintaining its growing trend, as evidenced by the last meeting held in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) by the sectoral table of olive oil and table olives to analyze the evolution of the marketing year 2016/17.
AOVE Montes de Granada and asparagus of Huétor Tájar combine their excellence in the Salón de Gourmets
The extra virgin olive oil from the Protected Designation of Origin Montes de Granada and the Geographical Indication Protected Asparagus from Huétor Tájar, with the support of Agro-alimentary Cooperatives of Granada, promote together their excellence, quality and culinary versatility in the inescapable appointment that Represents the International Fair of Food and Beverages of Quality, Hall of Gourmets, celebrated during this week in Madrid.
The physical-chemical and organoleptic evolution of AOVE will focus the II Meeting of Masters and Operators of Oil mills
The Olivar and Oil Interpretation Center in Úbeda (Jaén) will host, on Saturday 22th April, the 2nd Meeting of Almazaras Teachers and Operators. Under the heading 'Physico-chemical and Organoleptic Evolution of Oils', the day will focus on how to monitor the evolution of olive oil during storage, revealing the parameters for defective oils.