NR21-08 March 23, 2021 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Board of Agriculture (Board) today approved the expansion of coffee quarantine areas to include the islands of O`ahu and Lana`i due to the coffee leaf rust (CLR), a fungus that threatens Hawai`i’s important coffee industry. CLR was first detected in the state in October 2020 on Hawai`i ...
Read More Board of Agriculture Expands Coffee Quarantine to O`ahu and Lana`i
Main
Board of Agriculture to Consider Expanding Coffee Quarantine to More Islands NR21-07 March 16, 2021 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) today filed a request for a specific exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow Hawai`i coffee growers to use a fungicide to help manage coffee leaf rust (CLR), a ...
Read More EPA Exemption Requested to Help Hawai`i Coffee Farmers Manage Coffee Leaf Rust
September 28, 2024 Proposed Amendments to Section 4-66, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) – Pesticides PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND: Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) chapter 4-66 was last updated in 2019 due to the implementation of Act 45 of the twenty-ninth legislative session. In 2019 and 2020, the Pesticides Branch was required to update the State’s Certification Plan ...
Read More Proposed Administrative Rules
NR21-06 March 9, 2021 HONOLULU – The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas J. Vilsack, has approved Gov. David Ige’s request for a Secretarial Agricultural Disaster Designation for the drought emergency in Maui County. Gov. Ige requested the federal disaster declaration due to the prolonged drought conditions in the county which began in March 2019. In ...
Read More Federal Agriculture Disaster Declaration for Maui County Drought
Dec. 29, 2022 – NR22-15 $2.7 Million in Grants Awarded for Small-Scale Agriculture Dec. 12, 2022 Gov. Josh Green Appoints Hurd as HDOA Chair and Atta as Deputy Nov. 18, 2022 Governor Ige Extends Emergency Disaster Relief for Maui Axis Deer Crisis into January Nov. 9, 2022 – NR22-14 Grant Available for Limu Production Oct. ...
Read More News Releases 2022
Nov. 15, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes Oct. 23, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes Sept. 25, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes Aug. 13, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes July 24, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes
Dec. 12, 2019 Agenda Minutes Oct. 2, 2019 Agenda Minutes Aug. 30, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes July 24, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes June 12, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes Jan. 8, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes
Dec. 2, 2020 Agenda Draft Minutes Nov. 4, 2020 Agenda Draft Minutes Jan. 30, 2020 Agenda Draft Minutes
Nov. 10, 2021 Agenda Draft Minutes Sept. 8, 2021 Agenda Draft Minutes July 14, 2021 Agenda Draft Minutes May 12, 2021 Agenda Draft Minutes March 24, 2021 Agenda Draft Minutes March 10, 2021 Agenda Meeting canceled due to internet outage Jan. 20, 2021 Agenda Draft Minutes
NR21-04 Feb. 22, 2021 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has opened an emergency assistance program for farming and ranching operations on Moloka`i and Maui that have suffered losses due to excessive deer populations. HDOA has committed a total of $200,000 for this relief program through the Agricultural Development and Food Security Special ...
Read More Emergency Assistance Program Established for Moloka`i and Maui Ag Operations Suffering Losses due to Excess Deer Population