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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING   Date:               August 28, 2012 (Tuesday) Time:               9:30 a.m. Location:         US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Services, – Pacific Basin Agricultural ResearchCenter (PBARC) 64 Nowelo Street Hilo, HI  96820 I.          CALL TO ORDER   II.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 7/31/12 MEETING   III.         COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AGENDA ...
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NR12-11, August 16, 2012 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) and the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) recommends the following actions be adopted by events and programs where there may be contact between humans and swine.  These recommendations are being emphasized due to the recent confirmation of a variant influenza virus H3N2v in a ...
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NR12-10 August 2, 2012 HONOLULU –  Two dead snakes have been turned in to the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) in two separate incidents this week On Tuesday (7/31), a Central Oahu farm turned in a dead boa constrictor which measured about six feet in length.  Workers harvesting a field early in the morning came upon ...
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