Dec. 28, 2021 – NR21-21 Mongoose Captured on Kaua`i Sept. 30, 2021 – NR21-20 October is Stop the Ant Month Sept. 2, 2021 – NR21-19 Rogg Appointed Administrator of Plant Industry Division July 22, 2021 – NR21-18 Live Skunk Trapped at Honolulu Harbor July 20, 2021 – NR21-17 Coffee Leaf Rust Confirmed on Kaua`i and ...
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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
NR20-16 Oct. 30, 2020 HONOLULU – Coffee leaf rust (CLR) has been confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) from coffee plant samples collected on Maui last week. Also, in response to the detection on Maui, Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) staff began statewide surveys and detected suspect plants at a residence in ...
Read More Coffee Leaf Rust Confirmed on Maui and Tentatively Found on Hawai`i Island
NR20-15 Oct. 26, 2020 Confirmatory Tests Underway HONOLULU – Coffee leaf rust (CLR) has been tentatively identified on coffee plant samples collected on Maui. The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) this afternoon received preliminary results from University of Hawai`i, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR) identifying the fungus on plants collected from managed ...
Read More Coffee Leaf Rust Tentatively Found on Maui
The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) is coordinating a program, the State of Hawaii COVID-19 PPE Distribution Program, to distribute free personal protective equipment (PPE) to non-profits and public-facing small businesses. Links to informational flyers on the program, qualifications and how to apply may be found in different languages below: English – Free PPE for ...
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Sept 18, 2020 The second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) has been announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and will be accepting applications beginning Sept. 21 thru the Farm Service Agency (FSA). CFAP2, with an additional $14 billion infused into the program, will be available for agricultural producers who continue to ...
Read More USDA to Open Round 2 of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program