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 ...
Read More Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Treatments Continue in Kona
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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Surveillance for Avian Influenza Continues March 12, 2025 NR25-05 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), in consultation with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Land and ...
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ʻAkamai Arrival’ Pilot Program to Launch on March 1 on Select Domestic Flights February 24, 2025 HONOLULU – State leaders today announced the launch of ʻAkamai Arrival,’ a pilot program that will digitize Hawaiʻi’s Plants and Animals Declaration Form, streamlining the process for travelers arriving in the islands. The initiative, authorized under Act 196 (2024), ...
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January 30, 2025 NR25-03 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Market Analysis and News Branch (MANB) has released data on retail egg prices in Honolulu, comparing prices between December 2021 and 2024. (https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/add/files/2025/01/Honolulu-Egg-Prices-2021-to-2024final.pdf) The data indicates that between 2021 and 2024, the price for a dozen locally produced eggs rose by 28.4% from ...
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Jan. 17, 2025 NR25-02 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Animal Industry Division (AID) is again urging commercial poultry operations and backyard bird owners to increase biosecurity measures to protect their flocks from avian influenza. Earlier this week, the Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) reported very low-level detections of H5 influenza in wastewater ...
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January 7, 2025 NR25-01 HONOLULU – An opossum was caught at a big-box store in Kona over the weekend. The store contacted the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) at about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, and reported that they had trapped an opossum in an animal trap. An agriculture inspector from the Plant Quarantine ...
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