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    Date April 10, 2024 Agenda Feb. 14, 2024 Agenda Draft Minutes Jan. 16, 2024 Agenda Draft Minutes Oct. 9, 2023 Agenda Draft Minutes Sept. 18, 2023 Agenda Meeting was canceled due to technical difficulties. To be rescheduled. August 21, 2023 Agenda Draft Minutes July 27, 2023 Agenda Draft Minutes July 6, 2023 Agenda ...
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Date   Oct. 11, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes Sept. 6, 2018 Agenda Minutes

  March 11, 2024 Advisory Committee on Plants and Animals Meeting Submittal:  Proposed interim rule 24-1 Prohibits the Intraisland Movement of Agricultural Commodities…from any Little Fire Ant Quarantined Area Designated by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to Non-Quarantined Areas to Prevent the Movement of the Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata  Agenda Video Recording November 17, ...
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Kauai Flood Disaster Information

Posted on May 22, 2018 in Main

The County of Kauai suffered severe rain and flooding between April 13 – 20, 2018. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, issued a Secretarial Disaster Designation allowing for federal disaster aid to help Kauai agricultural operations recover. To view the news release on this designation, click here. Financial Assistance for Kauai Flooding Disaster Hawaii Department ...
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NR18-05 May 14, 2018 HONOLULU – The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, has notified Gov. David Ige that a Secretarial Agricultural Disaster Designation has been approved for Kauai County. The designation comes after heavy rain and flooding between April 13 to 20, 2018 caused severe damage to Kaua‘i’s agriculture industry. The U.S. Department of ...
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Bee Disease Detected on Hawaii Island

Posted on May 14, 2018 in Main

HDOA staff on Hawaii Island confirmed the presence of American Foulbrood disease (AFB) in a bee colony in Hamakua.  The disease is not new to Hawaii, but it is a recent detection on Hawaii Island.  Beekeepers are encouraged to inspect their colonies and be on the lookout for AFB and other diseases and pests of ...
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If you are traveling interisland from Hawaii Island, please check with HDOA’s friendly agricultural inspectors about the plants restrictions. Inspection Station at Hilo Airport Inspection Station at Kona Airport NR18-03 March 29, 2018 Movement of Ohia from Hawaii Island is Restricted HONOLULU – Travelers attending the Merrie Monarch Festival later this week are being reminded ...
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NR18-02 March 14, 2018 Six-Month Monitoring Levels Meet State & Federal Water Quality Standards HONOLULU –  The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) and the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) have announced the release of data collected during an initial six-month period of monitoring for pesticides in surface water on Oahu and Kauai. The U.S. Geological ...
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Live Skunk Captured at Honolulu Harbor

Posted on Feb 16, 2018 in Main

NR18-01 February 16, 2018 HONOLULU –  A live skunk was captured early this morning at Pier 1 at Honolulu Harbor. Plant Quarantine inspectors from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) were called by agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at about 7:15 a.m. today and were informed that a skunk was captured ...
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