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<pre>Hello again I would like to make a brief announcement about an upcoming event in
Wagga Wagga.

Wagga Wagga Olive Centre and Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture are running an
intensive three day course on olive production and processing with a focus on
premium quality oil production from Friday 4 - Sunday 6 May.

The course will address production factors which influence quality such as pest
management, crop water management, weed management, pruning and training. We
will look at harvest timing, harvesting, processing (niche and "industrial"
scale) and chemical and organoleptic quality assessment.

The course will be held in the Wine and Food Industry Training Centre at Charles
Sturt University Wagga Wagga. We will make use of the CSU Olive Variety
Collection and feral trees, teaching laboratories and NSW Agriculture's olive
oil testing service.

The course will feature presenters such as Associate Professor Robert
Spooner-Hart on IPM, Dr Rod Mailer on oil quality, Margaret Kirkby from Gwydir
Grove on organoleptics and Wendy Ambler from Chalkers Crossing on
Processor-Grower contracts

It will be a great group learning and hands on event. For further information
contact me on (02) 69512512 or email damian.conlan@agric.nsw.gov.au

Regards


Damian
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