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Statistics Released on May Egg Prices, Farm Labor, Farm Expenses and Land with Irrigation   May 30, 2025 NR25-12 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Market News and Analysis Branch (MANB) has issued four statistical reports this week containing data on egg prices, farm labor, farm production expenses by industry type, and land ...
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Grant Funding Totals More than $500,000 NR25-12 May 29, 2025 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Market Development Branch (MDB), is accepting applications for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) for Fiscal Year 2025. The funding for this year’s program totals $512,663 and seeks project proposals that increase the competitiveness of Hawai‘i’s ...
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From left: Department of Agriculture Chairperson Sharon Hurd, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, Deputy to the Chair Dean Matsukawa, DOA IT staff member Jason Azus-Richardson, and Plant Quarantine Manager Jonathan Ho. Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke announced today that the pilot phase of Hawaiʻi’s new Akamai Arrival digital agriculture form has shown strong results, with an average ...
Read More Digital Agriculture Form Boosts Compliance Among Travelers

May 9, 2025 NR25-11 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), with the assistance of the County of Hawai‘i Public Works Department (COH-PWD), began another round of treatment of palm trees at the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport (KOA) on Tuesday, May 6,  in an effort to stop the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) from ...
Read More HDOA and County of Hawai‘i Continue Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Treatments at Kona Airport

May 6, 2025 NR25-10 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Compost Reimbursement Program for Fiscal Year 2025 has completed disbursements totaling $427,670 to 24 Hawai‘i agricultural operations for the purchase and transport of compost in Hawai‘i. Of the 24 businesses, 14 were farming and 10 were landscaping operations, with an average reimbursement of ...
Read More Compost Reimbursement Program Releases 7,000 to Assist Agricultural Operations