NR24-03 Jan. 9, 2024 HONOLULU – Some Maui offices of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) will be temporarily closed for building maintenance from Jan. 12 to approximately early summer 2024. Offices located at 635 Mua St. will be closed during construction, including the Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB), Plant Pest Control Branch, Pesticides Branch, Animal ...
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NR24-02 Jan. 8, 2024 HONOLULU – A live snake was found in a shipping container on Moloka‘i this morning while it was being unloaded at a hardware store in Kaunankakai. Maui County Police on Moloka‘i were called to the hardware store shortly after 8 a.m. and arriving officers shot the snake with a pellet gun. ...
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April 16, 2024 – NR24-12 Live Snake Found by Honolulu Police at Waipahu Home April 10, 2024 – NR24-11 Drone Treatments, Inspections and Surveillance Continue on Maui for Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles April 5, 2024 – NR24-10 HDOA Restricts Import of Cattle from Areas with Avian Influenza Cases March 27, 2024 – NR24-09 Interim Rule Established ...
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NR24-01 Jan. 5, 2024 HONOLULU – The Hawai’i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Plant Industry Division is accepting applications for the Compost Reimbursement Program for Fiscal Year 2024, which may reimburse agricultural producers for the cost of purchasing compost, including transportation costs. Act 164 was passed by the state Legislature during the 2023 legislative session and ...
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NR23-29 Dec. 16, 2023 HONOLULU – The Pesticides Branch of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is conducting a free pesticide disposal program on Kaua‘i for farms and other commercial users of pesticides, to safely dispose of canceled, suspended, unwanted or unlabeled pesticides. This Pesticides Disposal Program (PDP) is only for commercial operations such as farms, ...
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NR23-28 Nov. 22, 2023 HONOLULU – Seventeen live coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) larvae were found yesterday by an arborist cutting down coconut palm trees in Kīhei. The arborist called the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) on Tuesday morning, Nov. 21st, and reported that he was contracted to remove 12 dead palm trees and found several ...
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NR23-27 Nov. 3, 2023 HONOLULU – The Pesticides Branch of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is conducting a free pesticide disposal program on Maui for farms and other commercial users of pesticides to safely dispose of canceled, suspended, unwanted or unlabeled pesticides. This Pesticides Disposal Program (PDP) is only for commercial operations such as farms, ...
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Report on Administratively Established Appropriations Report on Non-General Fund Information Report on Transfers between AGL and AQ Revolving Fund Report on the State’s Progress Toward Meeting the Milestones and Objectives of the Important Agricultural Land Tax Credit Program Report on the State’s Progress Toward Meeting the Milestones and Objectives of the Energy Feedstock Program Report ...
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NR23-26 Oct. 31, 2023 Doubles SNAP benefits to purchase locally grown food HONOLULU – Governor Josh Green, M.D., has released $500,000 for the DA BUX Double-Up Program (DA BUX), which doubles recipients’ purchasing power for locally grown produce, using their federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. DA BUX program launched in 2017 and ...
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NR23-25 Oct. 24, 2023 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Board of Agriculture (HBOA) today voted to agree to accept the transfer of 99 agricultural parcels, totaling 21,672 acres, from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA). The HBOA action now goes to the Board of Land and Natural ...
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