Thanks for this video. I knew the Founder and developer of Ivaylle Estate, Jorge De Moya, who was a Cuban American Engineer who made this his “ retirement project”. His idea was to grow, crush, bottle and export oil to the USA, not wishing to compett or dominatr Australian growers with much smaller groves. He planted 86,000 trees, 3 varieties in 5 blocks surroinded by boundary road and two others across & down the middle of the grove. The trees were “ fertigated”water & fertiliser fed to the trees in one delivery . There was good groundwater supply below the sand over clay base of the grove. I spent several months in 2002-2003 working in the Grove, tying baby trees to stakes to support them against the strong Wrsterly winds, mending broken trees, running the John Deer Mowing tractor across the rows, between the trees, weed slashing. Jorge also had a passion for his Puerto RicanPaso Fino gaited horse which he imported from Florida USA to be with him in Australia. He also developed a high regard for The Australian Stockhorse and ran a small breeding program with them too, plus imported 3 Peruvian Paso horses ( anothet Spanish blooded gaited horse breed), during the months I worked there. Our small “ family” of resident grove workers were also mainly horse lovers. For some years two Horse Studs operated out if Olivaylle also. At one point the horse population ratioed 1 horse per 1,000 trees on Olivalle. Jorge enjoyed living at Olivaylle, loved Australia and saw his dream of exporting Olivaylle Nectar (oil) direct from the “ the farm” back home to the USA.. Jorge returned to the USA in 2009/10 and after his passing Olivaylle remained a family business. We enjoyed some good times on Olivaylle back then. 🙂
Saw this place for sale. Looks like another great Aussie farming expansion that didn't quite make iit due to circumstances beyond their control (like no power .... try explaining that to someone in Sydney). Hope Sam and his family are rewarded for their efforts and dedication....
The owners don’t actually work their. They’re all overseas I think. The fella who was keen on it and set it all up passed away and none of the other owners have taken on that passion. It looks like a solid income stream to me but it’s a lot of money to spend up front!
I’ve had some cold days experience hand picking olives at a boutique olive grove in SA. That mechanical harvesting and scale of operation was fascinating to watch. Thank you👍
I met the man who founded this company, Olivaylle, while at a business function I attended years ago in Miami of all places. Turns out the founder, Jorge de Moya, was a Cuban exile who had moved to Australia and started the farm. I believe he passed away in 2012 but many of his family members, all Cuban exiles, still reside in Miami and are prominent in that city’s business community. I was gifted a case of their premium oil which at the time was bottled under the company name. It was a great olive oil, as good as anything from Europe or California. After my supply of oil was spent I tried looking for it but soon found out it was no longer marketed in the USA. Watching this video it seems that the farm subsequently went to bulk sales, and eventually got bought out. Mr De Moya was a charming man who told interesting stories about old Cuba, and he knew everything about olive oil. May he rest in peace. Too bad the company dissolved. Nice video.
What a great video Mark...Thank you for taking us all on a very informative trip to the olive farm and pressing mill...I would rather watch your blogs, than Landline, which, in my opinion, has lost its mojo completely. Keep up the good work, mate.
That was a good loomk at how Olice Oil goes from tree to oil. Only trouble is it was not bottled on site. Who knows what happens to the pure olive oil when it is tankered off and what might be addded before bottling.
Superb Now I wish I would have something like this to myself Possibly this might be a retirement project Out of curiosity ... On what surface its your olive farm spreading to have your own mill and storage and all the other machinery presented Thank you
Wow that was so interesting, huge operation. Nice to see how things we just pick up off the supermarket shelf are actually made and the labour and machinery that goes into it. Thanks Mark and Sam.
Really good effort mate, very informative. Do you know what is the size of the farm and the what is their annual output of olive oil in litres. Also, when they chuck the muck back on the farm, what is the advantage for that. Last question, can desalination plant use sea water and then go through drip irrigation to water the trees. Thank you in advance.
I think they’re doing around 100,000 litres of oil a year but not sure of the size. The desalination plant isn’t big enough to supply the whole orchard
Think it is around 200ft deep. It’s reasonably good quality water but being quite deep it is fairly expensive to bring it up from that depth. There is some irrigation infrastructure around but quite often it’s not much more profitable than dry land farming
Ya, there getting big on olives her in Texas but you better have the water and have the water 20 or 30 years down the road. Thay say you can driy land it but the olives well have a pit but no fruit. The plants here have a hot water spinning funnel that the oil floats on the top and thay do the same thing grind everything.😊😊😊 Good video. Have a solar heating sistom would put you ahead of the game.🌄🎆🌈
@@merrettcontracting thay won't die but like I sead that will have a pit but no fruit around it the tree's are like a oak tree her grow big even in drought but very little individual olives and giant pits with no fruit around it.
Yale have so much sun and heat there that a solar evaporation sistom would work to separate the salt's in the long run cheaper than reverse osmosis.🎆🎆🎆🎆
Thanks for this video. I knew the Founder and developer of Ivaylle Estate, Jorge De Moya, who was a Cuban American Engineer who made this his “ retirement project”. His idea was to grow, crush, bottle and export oil to the USA, not wishing to compett or dominatr Australian growers with much smaller groves. He planted 86,000 trees, 3 varieties in 5 blocks surroinded by boundary road and two others across & down the middle of the grove. The trees were “ fertigated”water & fertiliser fed to the trees in one delivery . There was good groundwater supply below the sand over clay base of the grove. I spent several months in 2002-2003 working in the Grove, tying baby trees to stakes to support them against the strong Wrsterly winds, mending broken trees, running the John Deer Mowing tractor across the rows, between the trees, weed slashing.
Jorge also had a passion for his Puerto RicanPaso Fino gaited horse which he imported from Florida USA to be with him in Australia. He also developed a high regard for The Australian Stockhorse and ran a small breeding program with them too, plus imported 3 Peruvian Paso horses ( anothet Spanish blooded gaited horse breed), during the months I worked there.
Our small “ family” of resident grove workers were also mainly horse lovers. For some years two Horse Studs operated out if Olivaylle also. At one point the horse population ratioed 1 horse per 1,000 trees on Olivalle. Jorge enjoyed living at Olivaylle, loved Australia and saw his dream of exporting Olivaylle Nectar (oil) direct from the “ the farm” back home to the USA.. Jorge returned to the USA in 2009/10 and after his passing Olivaylle remained a family business. We enjoyed some good times on Olivaylle back then. 🙂
You really did get some great shots of the operation.
Thanks Sam!
Saw this place for sale. Looks like another great Aussie farming expansion that didn't quite make iit due to circumstances beyond their control (like no power .... try explaining that to someone in Sydney). Hope Sam and his family are rewarded for their efforts and dedication....
The owners don’t actually work their. They’re all overseas I think. The fella who was keen on it and set it all up passed away and none of the other owners have taken on that passion. It looks like a solid income stream to me but it’s a lot of money to spend up front!
oh man. I hope someone picked it up. The guys in the video all look dedicated
This was great! Love the farm life.
Farm life is the good life!
I’ve had some cold days experience hand picking olives at a boutique olive grove in SA. That mechanical harvesting and scale of operation was fascinating to watch. Thank you👍
Hand picking does not sound very fun at all!
That was really interesting Mark and Sam, thanks.
Thanks for watching ☺️
I met the man who founded this company, Olivaylle, while at a business function I attended years ago in Miami of all places. Turns out the founder, Jorge de Moya, was a Cuban exile who had moved to Australia and started the farm. I believe he passed away in 2012 but many of his family members, all Cuban exiles, still reside in Miami and are prominent in that city’s business community. I was gifted a case of their premium oil which at the time was bottled under the company name. It was a great olive oil, as good as anything from Europe or California. After my supply of oil was spent I tried looking for it but soon found out it was no longer marketed in the USA. Watching this video it seems that the farm subsequently went to bulk sales, and eventually got bought out. Mr De Moya was a charming man who told interesting stories about old Cuba, and he knew everything about olive oil. May he rest in peace. Too bad the company dissolved. Nice video.
Great video mark beautiful content
Thanks Mate!
A fascinating story, thank you
Thanks for watching!
What a great video Mark...Thank you for taking us all on a very informative trip to the olive farm and pressing mill...I would rather watch your blogs, than Landline, which, in my opinion, has lost its mojo completely. Keep up the good work, mate.
Thank you for your very kind words Denis! I greatly appreciate your comments and your support of the channel!
Thank you for your very kind words Denis! I greatly appreciate your comments and your support of the channel!
That was very interesting..thanks
Thanks for watching!
That’s Amazing mark process for olives cheers
It’s a very interesting process!
That was a good loomk at how Olice Oil goes from tree to oil.
Only trouble is it was not bottled on site.
Who knows what happens to the pure olive oil when it is tankered off and what might be addded before bottling.
Superb
Now I wish I would have something like this to myself
Possibly this might be a retirement project
Out of curiosity ...
On what surface its your olive farm spreading to have your own mill and storage and all the other machinery presented
Thank you
Great video mate that is very interesting about the olives farmer compère to croppers or sheep farming
Thanks Mate! Yes very interesting!
Another great video. I love olive oil .
Wow that was so interesting, huge operation. Nice to see how things we just pick up off the supermarket shelf are actually made and the labour and machinery that goes into it. Thanks Mark and Sam.
Elephant poo lol😆
Thank you!
It is a very big operation! I found it very cool to see how it all worked myself too!
Beautiful
Excellent video gave a great insight into olive 🫒 farming thank you 😊
Thank you for watching!
Well Done to another Zim farmer
Fantastic video . Very informative, thanks for the journey with you. Great drone footage. Thanks again
Thanks Mate!
G'day very cool video mate well done.
Thanks Murph!
Very educational video. How old are the trees before they produce?
I’m not exactly sure how old they are before they produced but I think they are around 22 years old
Really good effort mate, very informative. Do you know what is the size of the farm and the what is their annual output of olive oil in litres. Also, when they chuck the muck back on the farm, what is the advantage for that. Last question, can desalination plant use sea water and then go through drip irrigation to water the trees. Thank you in advance.
I think they’re doing around 100,000 litres of oil a year but not sure of the size. The desalination plant isn’t big enough to supply the whole orchard
That looks so simple. I’m going to start my own olive farm.
On a more serious note how do they water the trees out there?
Its watered by pumping from a bore into drip lines.
All farming looks simple in an overview! 😉
How deep is the water and how salty is it? If there is water under all that ground why doesn’t everyone have some irrigation?
Think it is around 200ft deep. It’s reasonably good quality water but being quite deep it is fairly expensive to bring it up from that depth. There is some irrigation infrastructure around but quite often it’s not much more profitable than dry land farming
Ya, there getting big on olives her in Texas but you better have the water and have the water 20 or 30 years down the road. Thay say you can driy land it but the olives well have a pit but no fruit. The plants here have a hot water spinning funnel that the oil floats on the top and thay do the same thing grind everything.😊😊😊 Good video. Have a solar heating sistom would put you ahead of the game.🌄🎆🌈
Olive definitely are a long game not like a wheat crop. Dry land olives out here would die I think
@@merrettcontracting thay won't die but like I sead that will have a pit but no fruit around it the tree's are like a oak tree her grow big even in drought but very little individual olives and giant pits with no fruit around it.
Ah yes you’re probably right 👍🏼
Felt like I went back to primary school at 9:00 with that computer
She’s a throw back alright!!
this farm at usa ?
Yale have so much sun and heat there that a solar evaporation sistom would work to separate the salt's in the long run cheaper than reverse osmosis.🎆🎆🎆🎆
olive trees look good
They were a lot bigger than I imagined too
Four work olive oil trade australe womonne is naturel 🔰
I am from Bangladesh. I went to buy olive oil.
A big probleme. Do you have is about pruning...
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