Olive Production for Oil – UC Davis Short Course – Lodi, California, April 18 & 19, 2008
A collection of PowerPoint presentations and articles from the short course

Presentations

• A New Start for California Olive Producers (pdf)
  Dan Flynn, UC Davis Olive Center
• Innovative Prospects: Olive Oil in California (pdf)
  Paul Vossen, UCCE Sonoma & Marin Co. 
• Costs to Establish and Produce Olives for Oil  (pdf)
  Karen Klonsky, UCCE Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
• Overview of Modern Olive Production Systems in Spain  (pdf)
  Dr. Joan Tous, IRTA Mas de Bover, Constanti (Tarragona, Spain)
• Mechanical Harvesting of California Oil Olives  (pdf)
  Paul Vossen, UCCE Sonoma & Marin Co., and Louise Ferguson, UCCE Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
•  The Italian (Apulian) Olive Culture between Present and Future and Facing the Opportunity of High Density Plantations (pdf) 
  A. Godini, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, University of Bari (Italy)
• Olive Site Selection and Establishment Considerations  (pdf)
  Joe Grant, UCCE San Joaquin Co.
• Olive Irrigation Management ( pdf) 
  Joe Connell, UCCE Butte Co.
• Nutrient Considerations for Olives  (pdf)
  Joe Connell, UCCE Butte Co.
• Orchard Floor Management Options in Olive Orchards (pdf) 
  Tom Lanini, UCCE Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
• Olive Production for Oil Varieties  (pdf)
  Paul Vossen, UCCE Sonoma & Marin Co.
• Prevention and Control of Common Olive Insects and Diseases  (pdf)
  William Krueger, UCCE Glenn Co.
• Olive Fly Management  (pdf)
  Marshall Johnson, Dept. of Entomology, UC Riverside, and Kearney Agricultural Center

Articles

• Trends in Olive Fruit Handling Previous to its Industial Transformation (pdf) 
  Louise Ferguson, UCCE Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
• Olive Fruit Fly Management Guidelines for 2006  (pdf)
  Marshall Johnson, Dept. of Entomology, UC Riverside, and Kearney Agricultural Center
• Sample Costs to Establish a Super-High Density Olive Orchard and Produce Olive Oil  (pdf)
  Paul M. Vossen UCCE Sonoma & Marin Co., Joseph A. Grant, UCCE  San Joaquin Co., Karen M. Klonsky UCCE Economist, and Pete Livingston, UCCE Staff Research Associate, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis

This short course was coordinated by the UC Davis Olive Center, UC Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center, UC Cooperative Extension and the UC Davis Plant Sciences Dept.