Hello
Can anyone help me?
What is the procedure with Olives after the harvest? I know you take them to the mill to press but do they buy the Olive oil there, or is there somewhere else you take it?
Also does anyone know roughly how much profit you can expect on 100 Olive trees?
Any help no matter how small would help me greatly.
Thanks so much to all.
Charlotte

Hi Chartotte:  Whenyou take your olives to the mill, you can choose to either have your olives pressed for oil, or sell them to the mill.  90% of the time most people sell their olives to the mill FOR MONEY!!  about 300-350 kilos of GOOD olives will give you about 100 litres of oil. The price this year for olives has been very low, and ours topped out at about 37 cents a kilo  You should also get the opportunity to register for the "pagament unica" from the government.

Let us know if you need to know more.

Liz

Hi Liz
Have been trying to PM you but not sure if you getting it. If not hopefully you will read this.
If you did get my PM's i apologise!!!
Hi Liz
I have just wrote to you but not sure if it actually sent as it said there was an error.
I am going to try and repeat the message so i apologise if this is a repeat.
As i said i am sorry i had not replyed before but i was unsure how to!
Thankyou for your info on Olives.
We have not moved to Spain yet but we have always wanted a property with land and Olives.We are hoping to move this year or beginning of next.
Is the grant only given if you have a bad year? Is it the same price regardless?
We are coming to Spain and staying in Tvienys in May for a week to have a good look around, we cant wait!
Do you have any children or pets? We have 2 children, 2 dogs and 1 cat!
Any regrets on moving from UK?
Sorry for the questions but its so great collecting info!
Thank again
Charlotte

Hi Charlotte...sent you a PM

Liz

Hi Liz
I desperately need information on the payments/grants could you let me know anything useful. I have been here three years and still know nothing and neither do friends.
Thanks

Hi Bruixa....sent u a pm....

Liz

Hello dear forum users,

I don't own much olives myself but i'm always interested in postings about farming. So I'm a bit disapointed by all this PM-ing. I think the info asked and the answers given could be very usefull for lots of amateur-farmers and wannabe-expats who read the forum. So please share it with us (forum readers around the world), we will be greatful!

Mark

Have to agree with Mark on this. What on earth is the point of a public forum if questions asked are only answered by pm?  Is it all a big secret??

PG

Not sure about the grant for olives, but the grant for carobs can be obtained from La Caixa bank, you have to have a certain amount of land , again not sure how much land. Suggest go into the bank and enquire. Grants I think have to be done before March and payment is usually end of the year. Hope this helps ;D

Garnt for Carobs??? More info please! How many trees do you need? Etc etc
I had no idea you could get carob grants.
Also, good point about pms
I will post what was sent me with the senders permission?
Nothing controversial or in violation of the official secrets act I think!
:)

since carrobs has come up in the equation, can someone tell me,where do you take them when they are picked...is there a minimum ammount required.......how much per kilo.....does it matter how long you have had them, i've still got last years knocking around, thanks

In my experience( I have been bringing in my carob crop for 3 years now) you can take last years as long as they are in good condition(still shiny) and not wet.  I take mine to the carob mill in Santa Barbara but you can take them along to some co-operativas. There is also the no questions asked of origin, cash at the weekend mill in Amposta. I am sure other people will add more info. I collect mine in the black tubs for ease of pouring into sacks and when I run otu of sacks take them to the mill. They weigh your vehicle you off load the carobs on the piles. They reweigh your vehicle and give you a ticket with the weight and that days prices(I have expereinced prices from 48 cents to 28 cents a kilo depending on the time of year and whether there is a glut that year) and when you are ready you cahs in your tickets and get your money. I have four hundred olives and 24 carob trees and I would cheerfully swap this ratio around. Carobs are easier. It cost me nothing to register at this mill all they wanted was my NIE and my escitura details. But this is the first I have heard of grants.

Darn, I forgot to say....Carobs are ready as they fall from September onwards and I recently asked the mill when the cutoff period was and was told as long as I had carobs bring them in. I once went with carobs they said were to wet and advised to take them home and spread them on the ground in the sun for a week to dry out a bit(they don't want to be paying for water) this worked fine. I hope this is useful.

thanks bruixa, i best start collecting. if anyone has further intake.....great.. oh by the way bruixa wheres the best place to get the sacks. thanks

We have 4 hectares of land and get a grant each year, go to the bank and ask them for a bit more info, not sure how much land you have to have. But the grant is around 1,000 euros each year so well worth getting if you can.  Yes they accept carobs all year round as long as they are dry, even if they are a bit moth eaten they still take them. There are 2 places to take them in Roquetes, both on the outskirts. Come through Raval de crist, go up to roundabout and turn right towards Roquetes, go past cemetary and a little way up on your left is carob place, for the other 1 go past the one on left to new roundabout take 2 nd exit to Roquetes, come to sharp right hand bend and it is on the left, he sells animal feed as well . Both take Almonds as well.
Happy garrofa picking ::)

Hello,
"pall-o-mine" when you say you get grant, is it just for the land, or because you are growing a crop on it ? (garofers)
Our land was previously used for winter wheat, and I presume the farmer claimed the grant !

Hola
 Grant is for the carobs, they have a record of how many trees there are . We are not sure if they give it to us just for having the trees or because we pick them!!!!  

I've just enquired at La Caixa regarding the grant for carrobs.Olives and oranges yes but they no nothing about a grant for carrobs.They suggested I ask at the local cooperative....

Yours

Confused of Tortosa

Hmmm

Thats a bit strange , we have been getting our grant for 3 years from la caixa, and it is due again for renewal before march. we are going tomorrow to redo ours at the bank . I will let you all know what happens.  ::)

Hi
My experience was similar. La Caixa didn´t know what I was talking about. But they did tell me where I could find out if I have rights to claim in Amposta. I will let you know how that goes when i find the time to go.

Went to la caixa, yes we can renew our grant for carobs but not until  next week, so  I don't understand why you have had negative answers!1 Perhaps it is because our grant has been going for many years, who knows. But all we have to do is fill out the Dun with our name, n.i.e etc,  On the form it has that the grant is for Garrofas, and it states that we have 4 hectares of them. it is given by Generalitat de Catalunya.
What else can I say we get it!!! Let you know when it is done and dusted. I do think that you have to have over 4 hectares of Garaffas though.
::)

Pal,
Does La Caixa actually organise the grants or do they just pay the grants on behalf of the 'Grant offerer'
I think we need to go down to our local Coop and register.
Just out of curiosity (tell me to Bu&&er off if ness.) approx how much per tree/kilo is the grant ?


Ian