NR24-06 Feb. 15, 2024 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Market Development Branch (MDB) is currently accepting applications for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) Fiscal Year 2024. The HDOA will be awarding a total of approximately $523,000 to Hawai‘i proposals that enhance the competitiveness of Hawai‘i specialty crops. Project awards may ...
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NR24-05 Feb. 2, 2024 HONOLULU – Plants containing little fire ants (LFA) were intercepted prior to the plant sale at the Punahou Carnival yesterday. The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) isolated about 400 plants that were donated for the carnival. None of the suspect plants were sold to the public. In an abundance of caution, ...
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NR24-04 Jan. 26, 2024 HONOLULU – The Resilient Food System Infrastructure (RFSI) program, a federally funded grant program, is accepting applications for projects for agriculture infrastructure and equipment. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) RFSI program is aimed at strengthening middle-of-the-supply chain operations and local food systems by supporting processing, manufacturing, storing, transportation, wholesaling, and ...
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JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA SHARON HURD CHAIRPERSON HAWAI`I BOARD OF AGRICULTURE DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES January 18, 2024 HONOLULU – Under the administration of Governor Josh Green, M.D., the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) and the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) are making steady progress in ...
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NR24-03 Jan. 9, 2024 HONOLULU – Some Maui offices of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) will be temporarily closed for building maintenance from Jan. 12 to approximately early summer 2024. Offices located at 635 Mua St. will be closed during construction, including the Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB), Plant Pest Control Branch, Pesticides Branch, Animal ...
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NR24-02 Jan. 8, 2024 HONOLULU – A live snake was found in a shipping container on Moloka‘i this morning while it was being unloaded at a hardware store in Kaunankakai. Maui County Police on Moloka‘i were called to the hardware store shortly after 8 a.m. and arriving officers shot the snake with a pellet gun. ...
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May 10, 2024 – NR24-16 HDOA Seeks Proposals for Community-Based Programs to Fight Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles and for Green Waste Management April 26, 2024 – NR24-15 Hawaii Department of Agriculture Appreciates Landmark Support from Hawaii State Legislature April 25, 2024 – NR24-14 Hawaii Department of Agriculture to Collect Unwanted Pesticides from Farms and Other Commercial ...
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NR24-01 Jan. 5, 2024 HONOLULU – The Hawai’i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Plant Industry Division is accepting applications for the Compost Reimbursement Program for Fiscal Year 2024, which may reimburse agricultural producers for the cost of purchasing compost, including transportation costs. Act 164 was passed by the state Legislature during the 2023 legislative session and ...
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NR23-29 Dec. 16, 2023 HONOLULU – The Pesticides Branch of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is conducting a free pesticide disposal program on Kaua‘i for farms and other commercial users of pesticides, to safely dispose of canceled, suspended, unwanted or unlabeled pesticides. This Pesticides Disposal Program (PDP) is only for commercial operations such as farms, ...
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NR23-28 Nov. 22, 2023 HONOLULU – Seventeen live coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) larvae were found yesterday by an arborist cutting down coconut palm trees in Kīhei. The arborist called the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) on Tuesday morning, Nov. 21st, and reported that he was contracted to remove 12 dead palm trees and found several ...
Read More Live Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Larvae Found on Maui