New olive planting method prompts Calif. oil boom | Latest Finance News | Comcast.net

Dashboard

Latest Finance News

New olive planting method prompts Calif. oil boom

In this photo from Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, olives ready to be mechanically harvested for olive oil are shown at California Olive Ranch in Artois. In the distance are the new hedgerow-style plantings that allow for mechanical harvesting. Olives can be picked and crushed inside of 90 minutes. In 10 years California officials say the 12,500 acres of olives for oil planted in hedgerow style will grow to 100,000 acres. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)

More from this Slideshow

0 of 0

New olive planti... In this photo from Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, olives ready to be mechanically harvested for olive oil are shown at California Olive Ranch in Artois. In the distance are the new hedgerow-style plantings that allow for mechanical harvesting. Olives can be picked and crushed inside of 90 minutes. In 10 years California officials say the 12,500 acres of olives for oil planted in hedgerow style will grow to 100,000 acres. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)
Miners' families... Rescuers sits on the railway trolley preparing to enter the site of Saturday's gas explosion for search and rescue at the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach tens of miners trapped underground Sunday. (AP Photo)
Gaps for consume... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., right, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Holidays will ag... FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2006 file photo, travelers arrive for their flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Investors look t... FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, shoppers prepare to load their car with purchases from a Kmart store in Somerville, Mass. This week, which will be abbreviated due to Thanksgiving, investors will look to reports on home sales, unemployment and consumer confidence and the start of the holiday shopping season on Friday for more insight into the direction of the economy. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Rising unemploym... In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, Chuck Ferrar poses for a portrait at his liquor store in Annapolis, Md. Ferrar expects to pay $9,000 in unemployment taxes next year, up from $3,000 this year. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Denmark: 65 worl... A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations. (AP Graphic)
Gold at record; ... Investors play cards in front of an electronic screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Taiyuan,
Kraft weighs hig... The Cadbury logo is seen behind barbed wire at the company's factory in Bournville, central England
"Black Friday" ... Shoppers are pictured at the Glendale Galleria shopping mall on Black Friday
Microsoft, News ... A Lenovo S12 netbook that uses the Nvidia Ion chipset is seen bearing a Windows 7 sticker at the Windows 7 Launch Party in New York
Gold hits record... An employee takes gold ingots to be weighed in a room for final weighing and packaging at the Krastsvetmet plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk
Ciena trumps NSN... A Nortel sign is seen in downtown Toronto

Advertisement - Ad Feedback

Loading...