August 2, 2018 NR18-10 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help Hawaii food producers comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Under the agreement, the FDA will release a total of $1.9 million over ...
Read More Hawaii to receive .9 million to help farmers with food safety regulations
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NR16-4 April 12, 2016 HONOLULU – A woman thought she had captured an iguana outside her Waianae home last Friday and her son called the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA). But when quarantine inspectors arrived at the home on Puuhulu Road, they discovered that it was a bearded dragon – an illegal lizard in Hawaii. ...
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NEWS RELEASE NR16-1 Feb. 17, 2016 HONOLULU ‑ The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has released a study on agricultural land use which provides information on the location of commercial agriculture activities statewide. The Statewide Agricultural Land Use Baseline 2015 study updates a 1980 survey and provides current information and maps on the locations of ...
Read More Hawaii Agricultural Land Use Study Released
May 30, 2014 NR14-13 HONOLULU — In the month of May 2014, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) captured nine coqui have been captured on Oahu. May 7 — a local soda distributor reported and captured a coqui at its distribution warehouse in Honolulu and turned it in to HDOA. May 9 — a HDOA ...
Read More Public Reporting Helps State Capture More Coqui on Oahu in May
NR14-12 May 28, 2014 Extends Buffer Zone One Mile West HONOLULU — A male coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) has been found in a trap at Barbers Point, which is the farthest west that a CRB has been found on Oahu since it was first detected in December 2013. The majority of the CRB detections remain ...
Read More Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Found At Barbers Point
NR14-11 May 15, 2014 HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) today began a multi-tactic treatment program to eradicate an infestation of little fire ant (LFA) in Waimanalo. A six-person crew, including staff from the Hawaii Ant Lab, Oahu Invasive Species Committee and HDOA, began spraying a 6-acre area, which includes the 3.5 acre ...
Read More Eradication Efforts Begin to Combat Little Fire Ant Infestation in Waimanalo
NR14-10 May 2, 2014 HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Agriculture today released details of the plan that has been developed to eradicate the little fire ant (LFA) infestation in Waimanalo. The multi-step plan includes preparing access routes for treatment, multiple applications of several types of pesticides over a period of one year, pesticide monitoring ...
Read More Plan Developed to Eradicate Little Fire Ant Infestation in Waimanalo
NR14-09 May 2, 2014 HONOLULU — More coqui frogs were captured this week – single frogs in Kahaluu and Waimanalo on Oahu and three at a nursery on Kauai. On Oahu, one coqui was found on a boat which was dry-docked at a home in Kahaluu. It was at the same site where another coqui ...
Read More Two More Coqui Found on Oahu and Three on Kauai
NR14-08 May 1, 2014 HONOLULU — U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack has sent a letter to Gov. Abercrombie expressing his strong support of agricultural projects in Hawaii that will drive economic growth, self-sufficiency and innovation in rural Hawaii communities. In the letter dated April 29, 2014, Sec. Vilsack committed staff of the U.S. ...
Read More USDA Secretary Pledges Support for Hawaii Agriculture Programs
NR14-07April 25, 2014 HONOLULU — A live snake was discovered and captured yesterday afternoon at a Keaau store on Hawaii Island. Workers offloading a 40-foot shipping container saw the two-foot-long brown snake and prevented its escape by hitting it. The snake, which has been identified as a non-venomous gopher snake, has since died and was ...
Read More Snake Found in Shipping Container on Hawaii Island