Homs-Sana
Olive presses in different areas of Homs today opened their doors in preparation for receiving the olive crop for the current agricultural season, which is estimated at 90 thousand tons.
Engineer Nazih al-Rifai, director of Homs agriculture, told SANA that the number of licensed presses in the governorate is 56. The pricing will be adopted last year in the olive age so far, which is 19 liras per kilogram of olives. For the highest oil recovery ratio.
Al-Rifai pointed out that the expected production of olives for the current season is 90 thousand tons, including 18 thousand tons for the table and 72 thousand tons for the age and that the quantity of oil expected to be produced is 16 thousand tons, pointing out that the general condition of olives is good and there are no significant insect infestations.
The olive crop in the governorate was hit last year by the olive worm, which significantly affected large areas of orchards and the production of olives and the quality and quality of oil produced.
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