First Press Archive & Summary of Olive Oil Projects

First Press Archives

First Press: Newsletter of Olive Oil Production and Evaluation

• Fall 2005 (Harvest Efficiency; Olive Fly Update)
• Winter 05-06 (Foliar Disease; Weed Control; UC Davis Olive Oil)
• Spring 2006 (Fertility Management; Black Scale; Understanding Competition Results)
• Summer 2006 (Irrigation; Industry Statistics Update)
• Fall 2006 (Oil Yield; USDA Standards Update; Maturity Index; Olive Fly Products)
• Winter 06-07 (Orchard Spacing; Frost or Freeze; Excess Nitrogen & Oil Quality)
• Spring 2007 (Pruning; Density Debate; Organic Olive Manual; Irrigation Alert)
• Summer 2007 (Preferences of trained and untrained tasters; Mass-trapping; Oil standards, Set alert)
• Fall 2007 (Bigger Crops; Adulterated Oil; Research in Spain; Harvest Efficiency; 2007 Cost Study)
• Winter 07-08 (UC Davis Olive Center; New Pest of Olives; Olive Oil Blending; Storage Tank Materials)
• 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)
• First Press Summer 2008 - Verticillium Wilt of Olive, Oil Crop for 08-09, A Sea of Trees, Olive Fly Stings

Paul Vossen, Retired - projects

Research projects:

• Olive harvest efficiency trials
• Oil olive variety evaluation
• Olive fruit fly control trials
• Olive production cost studies
• Olive oil industry grower, acreage, and production survey
• Oil olive irrigation study
• Super high density olive orchard evaluation studies
• Blueberry variety demonstration orchard
• Apple variety demonstration orchard
• Chestnut variety demonstration orchard
• Codling moth control in back yard trees
• UC olive oil research sensory taste panel

Educational programs:

• Organic olive production short courses
• Annual olive oil sensory short course at UC Davis
• Annual landscape fruit tree pruning course at UC Davis
• Olive oil production, processing, and sensory evaluation course at SRJC
• Statewide olive oil production short courses
• One-on-one meetings with county farmers
• Specialty crops production short course at the SRJC
• Pruning demonstrations for olives and fruit trees
• Quarterly First Press newsletter of olive oil production and evaluation