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<pre>A recent page in the Victorian (Australia) weekly times (22 Nov 2000)focuses
on three stories:

"Olives can become significant pest" by Kim Woods

"Contracts still on offer" by Paul Sellars

"Grove proves lifestyle bonus" by Paul Sellars.

The three articles are interesting from a number of perspectives but it was
the last article that caught my attention.

The article mentioned that land preparation, installing water mains and an
irrigation system including plant supply and planting cost about $75,000 for
a 8ha grove. A second statement also piqued my interest " The reason we
selected olives is it's minimal work" but the third statement left me
puzzled " on the 20 acres, after 4 to 5 years, the numbers you can return
are something like $60,000 to $70,000."

Is this a somewhat an very optimistic view to take?


Regards,

Phil
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