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NR20-19 Nov. 20, 2020 HONOLULU – On Nov. 17, 2020, by interim rule, the chairperson of the Hawai`i Board of Agriculture (board) designated Maui and Hawai`i Island as areas infested by coffee leaf rust (CLR), Hemileia vastatrix.  This authorizes the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) to restrict the movement of coffee ...
Read More Interim Rule Restricts Movement of Coffee from Maui and Hawai`i Island

NR20-18 Nov. 18, 2020 HONOLULU – A small snake was found in a shipping container of Christmas trees that was being inspected at the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) in Honolulu on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The shipment was being held for secondary inspection due to a slug interception when workers ...
Read More Garter Snake Found in Christmas Tree Shipment

Update: More information has been received from USDA regarding this grant which requires additional time to establish the program. Expected opening date for the Request for Proposals is now January 2021. News Release from the Office of Governor David Y. Ige October 21, 2020 HONOLULU – The State of Hawai`i has been awarded $1.9 million ...
Read More Hawai`i to Receive .9 Million for Small-Scale Agriculture Grants

NR20-17 Nov. 10, 2020 HONOLULU – Coffee leaf rust (CLR) has been confirmed on coffee plants on Hawai`i Island by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Identification Services. The samples were collected by a grower on a farm in the Holualoa area, south of Kailua-Kona, on Hawai`i Island on October 31, 2020. Samples from Hilo, ...
Read More Coffee Leaf Rust Confirmed on Hawai`i Island

Gov. Ige was notified today that the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Oahu County as a natural disaster area for drought. A Secretarial disaster designation makes farm operators in primary counties and those counties contiguous to such primary counties eligible to be considered for certain assistance from the Farm Service Agency ...
Read More Oahu Designated Natural Disaster Area for Drought by USDA