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Chain pruner or shears: which of the two you actually need
It is not a choice between two tools: it is a division of labour. The threshold is 45 mm, and below or above that...
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Which battery pruning shears to choose for the olive grove
In an olive grove you do not choose the shears by the millimetres, but by how many trees you have and how many days...
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How to get the olive harvester ready before the harvest
Ten minutes on the bench before you start, and the season runs smoothly. The six checks to make on the harvester after eleven months...
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The new oil is in the cellar: what decides whether it will still be good in March
Quality is decided in the field and at the mill. After that you can only lose it — and in the first weeks it...
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Olio a 4 euro al chilo: come ci siamo arrivati e cosa succede a chi raccoglie
L'extravergine all'origine è passato da 9,20 a 4 euro al chilo in un anno. Le quotazioni piazza per piazza, le giacenze, la Spagna, e...
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Rese in olio 2026, regione per regione: i primi numeri veri della campagna
La resa media italiana al frantoio è salita dall'11,33% al 12,25% in dieci giorni. I dati regione per regione, con la data di ogni...
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Pneumatic or battery olive harvester: what really changes, with 2026 figures
This year the sums have changed: agricultural diesel has almost doubled in six months, and the compressor's engine has to be kept running all...
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What hand-picking olives really costs, and when a harvester pays off
Before looking at the price of an olive harvester it is worth doing another sum: what the harvest costs you the way you do...
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Less oil and half the price: the numbers the 2026 harvest opens with
Italian production is down by around 20%, yet there are 233 thousand tonnes of oil sitting in warehouses and extra virgin at origin is...
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Extra virgin is not a date on the calendar: it is a number. Four, in fact
What the law actually says, what the research says about the maturity index and polyphenols, and where the window lies in which an oil...
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Ready for the 2026 olive harvest? The checklist for the last three weeks
Clean ground, nets counted, crew ready and the mill booked. But the real difference is whether the harvester starts first time or turns out...
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Italian olive cultivars from north to south: traits, properties and how to harvest them
Twenty-six varieties from Lake Garda to Sicily: fruit shape and size, ripening time, detachment force and oil character. With 1:1 scale plates and the...
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September: the grape harvest ends, the olive harvest is prepared
In the field September is the hinge month: the grape harvest closes and four or five weeks are left before the olives. It is...
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