{"id":"2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","canonicalSlug":"2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","language":"en","title":"Al-Jouf olive presses start the October processing season","summary":"Presses began receiving this season’s crop; an industry association cited more than 160,000 tonnes of olives produced in 2025.","body":["Olive presses in Al-Jouf began receiving this season’s harvest and processing fruit into oil during October, SPA reported on 20 October. The report describes the intake and pressing process at Al-Jawbah Press, operated by the Al-Jouf Multipurpose Cooperative Society.","The Al-Jouf Olive Producers Association said regional production exceeded 160,000 tonnes in 2025, including about 25,000 tonnes of olive oil. The figures refer to the 2025 crop, while the current season’s exact start date and expected output were not stated."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Al-Jouf olive presses start the October processing season\n\nPresses began receiving this season’s crop; an industry association cited more than 160,000 tonnes of olives produced in 2025.\n\nOlive presses in Al-Jouf began receiving this season’s harvest and processing fruit into oil during October, SPA reported on 20 October. The report describes the intake and pressing process at Al-Jawbah Press, operated by the Al-Jouf Multipurpose Cooperative Society.\n\nThe Al-Jouf Olive Producers Association said regional production exceeded 160,000 tonnes in 2025, including about 25,000 tonnes of olive oil. The figures refer to the 2025 crop, while the current season’s exact start date and expected output were not stated.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10","eventDateBasis":"SPA says olive presses began receiving this season’s crop in October; it does not give an exact starting day. Production data cited relate to 2025.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:27:35Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-20","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:20:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705587","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA)","licence":"All rights reserved or no open reuse licence identified; original factual reporting, with no source prose or image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705587","attribution":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA), source dated 2026-10-20. Wellficent independent factual reporting; no source prose or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-al-jouf-olive-processing-season"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"sa-economic-scope","name":{"ar":"السعودية","en":"Saudi Arabia","es":"Arabia Saudí","fr":"Arabie saoudite","pt":"Arábia Saudita","ru":"Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Suudi Arabistan"},"type":"country","source":{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705587","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA)","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"},"context":{"ar":"النطاق الاقتصادي: السعودية","en":"Economic scope: Saudi Arabia","es":"Ámbito económico: Arabia Saudí","fr":"Périmètre économique: Arabie saoudite","pt":"Âmbito económico: Arábia Saudita","ru":"Экономический охват: Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Ekonomik kapsam: Suudi Arabistan"},"countryCode":"SA"}],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":"SA-12"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}