June 3, 2025 NR25-14 HONOLULU – A live snake was captured in the backyard of a Kaimukī residence by agriculture inspectors from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) on Sunday night. The homeowner said he saw the snake in the afternoon and initially thought it was a child’s toy. Later in the evening, he noticed ...
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Statistics Released on May Egg Prices, Farm Labor, Farm Expenses and Land with Irrigation May 30, 2025 NR25-13 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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April 17, 2025 NR25-09 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is reminding travelers attending the Merrie Monarch Festival next week that quarantine restrictions remain on the transport of ʻōhiʻa from Hawai`i Island due to the fungal plant disease, rapid ʻōhiʻa death (ROD), which is devastating to native forests. The Merrie Monarch Festival takes ...
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April 15, 2025 (revised April 17, 2025) NR25-08 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), with the assistance of the County of Hawai‘i Public Works Department, have been working collaboratively since January 2025 to combat the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) after detections in the Kona area. The HDOA and Hawai‘i County crews completed the ...
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March 31, 2025 NR25-07 HONOLULU – The price of local and mainland eggs in Honolulu rose significantly in the first quarter of this year. However, the price between local and mainland eggs was comparable, according to latest statistics from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Market Analysis and News Branch (MANB). Since Jan. 1, 2025, ...
Read More Local and Mainland Egg Prices Comparable in Latest Data for Honolulu
March 20, 2025 NR25-06 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has opened a free treatment program for little fire ant (LFA) infestations on residential properties on O‘ahu. HDOA’s Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) has contracted with pest control companies to conduct the treatments on properties under the guidance of PQB inspectors. The $1.1 million ...
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