Olive industry hurt by hand-harvesting costs.

The article discusses an annual meeting titled "Central Valley Olive Day," held in Exeter, California. Several topics were covered in the meeting including a pilot crop insurance program, use of solar power and efforts by the University of California's Davis Olive Center to boost the standards of farming. In the meeting, Dennis Burreson, chairman of the California Olive Committee's Research Committee, presented his assessment of successes, setbacks and the status of various projects.