Greetings:

Looking to start an olive oil production business. Can anyone offer
information or a source to view on cost per acre/hectare per
country/region.

thanks for any help,

Rory.

Rory,

Land in Queensland, Australia is not too expensive. As with everywhere
else in the world, you get what you pay for. I have my trees on land
which although advertised by the estate agents as "arable" is only so in
the best of seasons. Our problem might be that we are supposed to hot
have wet summers, we have had only one such summer in the 11 years we
have been here!

Yours,
Dan

Dear all,

It seems that to many, olive oil is a liquid gold. This sound very attractive,
especially to the very new starter who would like to invest in such a business.

I would just like to highlight that beware of people who are using olive
investment as a means of selling lands in Australia.

I have a personal encounter with one of such person, and to my knowledge, more
than 10 people had purchased his land. Like all businesses, olive investment
must provide a gain in the end and not just the planting of olive trees. Many
have still not release this yet.

I would like to suggest to those who are new and wishing to purchase land, to
invite an olive consultant to survey the land before any official signing of
purchase documents.

Beware!
Regards
David
Dan Burnet

David

Just looked at your website and I marvelled at the enthusiasm revealed in
the photos. May it continue with you as with me.

I note also your posting regarding charlatans in the industry. There are
many of course in your country (NZ) as well as ours (Aust) plus, no doubt
many other countries. The snake oil merchants abound but it is really only
hard bloody work that will get us the returns. And not at the 25% rate
often quoted in the prospectus.

Regards
Peter Caird
www.victorianolivegroves.com
0418 392 157