These days, the Statistical Office has announced that the value of agricultural production in Croatia in 2025 fell by a huge 10,2 percent compared to last year! This is a dangerous and difficult figure that will be even worse next year. But unfortunately, it is not the only one. In terms of cow's milk production, we have reached a new historically low record and are only 40 percent self-sufficient, it says News reporter.

Does national security depend on our own food production or on the ability to participate in international food trade? This question opened a debate among scientists, experts and politicians at a forum held on December 4, 2025 in To the Croatian National Assembly, he writes Agroclub.

Harvest

There are still olive growers who deliberately wait for a bora (wind) to dry the fruit on the tree and evaporate the water, believing that they will then pay less for processing the olives. But there are also those who believe that only black fruits can produce good oil, ignoring the historical facts that a thousand years ago this oil was intended only for slaves. But there are also those elderly households that cannot employ foreign pickers, but instead pick them themselves, slowly and in rough weather, and thus wait until December, while oil mills wait for them and process such olives once a week. At this time, a characteristic rotten juice accumulates in the olive fruits, which spoils the quality of the oil and it takes on atypical properties of smell and taste. According to research by our respected expert, the late Mr. Pavle Bakarić, the varieties dužica, uljarice, žutica, piculje and zuzorka can still be harvested at this time, he writes Olive grove.

In the world-famous but insufficiently explored ancient Salona, ​​archaeologists have found a large economic complex for olive processing. This is one of the most important discoveries in the economic history of Salona. The complex is almost a thousand and a half years old. More than 354 meters of the site have been discovered so far, and excavations will continue next spring, writes HRT.

In 2019, UNESCO officially declared November 26 as World Olive Day and added it to the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The International Olive Council has embraced the holiday, also known as World Olive Day or World Olive and Olive Oil Day, writes Olive grove.

There are millions fewer animals in Europe today than there were ten years ago, and this is not a mere coincidence but the combined result of the negative interplay of European agricultural policies. According to Eurostat, the number of animals in European livestock production has decreased significantly between 2014 and 2024. The number of pigs has decreased by 8,1%, cattle by 8,7%, sheep by 9,4%, and goats by an incredible 16,3%, it writes. Agroclub.

Associate of Maslinara, PhD Kristijan Franin, writes about protecting olive trees from the cold and highlights why special care should be taken when fertilizing and pruning, he writes Olive grove.

Ivan Malić intensively researches Dalmatian agriculture, and one topic leads to another, there are all kinds of stories to be found. He wrote about The calculations of a small olive grower, project Lišan Lakes, the potential of karst fields on the example of Imotski polje, but also about the current state of agriculture in the story What's left of Dalmatian agriculture? i Tourism is destroying Dalmatian agriculture, he writes Agroclub.

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Guild of the Croatian Chamber of Crafts (HOK) has repeatedly, on

28. At the meeting of HOK fishermen, held in Novalja, he requested faster administrative processing of all requests and the payment of measures and subsidies in the fishery.

In the biblical story of Noah and the flood, as a sign that the waters have receded and life is returning to the earth, a dove returns to the ark carrying an olive branch in its beak. While the dove carries the promise of peace in its beak, on the Palestinian hills these same trees live the opposite story every day – uprooted, burned, wounded, but still persistently sprouting from the ground, it writes Olive grove.

From the very beginning of the season, which begins in the winter with pruning and fertilization, olive growers are engaged in constant monitoring and activities aimed at preventing potential diseases or pests so that the year-round effort is not in vain, it writes. Olive grove.

The 15 percent US tariffs on European wines and sparkling wines are particularly affecting French and Italian producers. Croatian winemakers are not particularly affected because few export to the US. They are not among the 25 leading exporters, and exports to the European market are also slowing down. Are our wines competitive, why are they becoming more expensive, and why imports exceed exports by many times – the HRT team checked at the Bregovita Hrvatska Wine Festival, writes HRT.

In Croatian olive growing, which is characterized by a great diversity of indigenous varieties, late varieties occupy a special place. Their importance is manifold – from extending the harvest season to preserving genetic diversity and recognizable oil profiles that contribute to the identity of individual areas. While most varieties, such as Oblica or Levantinka, are harvested during October, late varieties ripen only in late November and December, and in favorable years even later. It is precisely this time shift that brings challenges, but also special qualities, writes Olive grove.

Even 70 years ago, 90% of Dalmatians lived from agriculture and fishing. Today, 90% of them live from tourism. In such circumstances, it is a difficult task to find a Dalmatian agricultural Top 10, writes Agroclub.

PZ JabukaHR, the largest organization of apple producers in Croatia, invested 26 million euros in Križ in the construction of the Logistics and Distribution Center (LDC), which was opened on Tuesday by the Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, emphasizing on that occasion that this LDC emerged as a real need of producers, to which the Government responded by making money available from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), writes HRT.

The Agency for Payments in Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development started paying advances to farmers today, October 16, writes N1.

Although the vast majority of European citizens (78 percent) believe that farmers should be provided with financial support due to their public role and concern for the environment, this support is becoming questionable due to new EU budget constraints, writes the EU. Agroclub.

The latest research has proven that in a complex agroecosystem permeated with wild shrubs and hedges, the population olive flies was significantly lower than in intensive plantations, says Dr. Kristijan Franin, writes Olive grove.

The Croatian Chamber of Commerce has been warning for years about the decline in the volume of agricultural production, but also the multi-year increase in the deficit in foreign trade. Food in stores is becoming more expensive. How long will it last, we asked prof.dr.sc. Dragan Kovačević, Vice President of the Croatian Chamber of Economy at the fifth edition of the conference AgroRocks, he writes Agroclub.

Do we know who is really implementing state land disposal programs? What will we do with land overgrown with bushes or forests? When will we have up-to-date land registers? Will we ever modernize the Law on Inheritance, and thus stop the fragmentation of agricultural holdings? Until when will we tolerate dilapidated buildings in rural areas? Can we create greater value from domestic forests?, it writes Agroclub.