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December 20, 2012 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final rule establishing general regulations for improving the traceability of U.S. livestock moving interstate. Under the final rule, unless specifically exempted, livestock moved interstate would have to be officially identified and accompanied by an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection or other documentation, such ...
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Hawaii products represent quality and freshness and HDOA spreads the word along with the Aloha here at home and around the world through the Buy Local, It Matters and the Hawaii Seals of Quality programs.

HDOA’s Animal Industry Division inspects incoming livestock animals to prevent diseases and parasites from entering the state.  It also conducts animal disease surveillance to monitor the health of animals in Hawaii.

Hawaii’s farmers and ranchers depend on affordable irrigation water. HDOA’s Agriculture Resource Management Division works hard to keep Hawaii’s aging irrigation systems in service.

NR-13  Jan.3, 2013 HONOLULU – A live raccoon was captured aboard a Matson cargo ship on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 after the ship arrived from Long Beach, Calif. Matson personnel called the Hawaii Department of Agriculture Monday afternoon after seeing a raccoon scampering on the deck of the ship. Plant quarantine inspectors were dispatched with ...
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NR12-15,  Dec. 27, 2012 HONOLULU – Hawaii ranchers are hopeful that a small beige-colored moth will be able to control the fireweed, an invasive plant that is toxic to livestock and has caused havoc on the state’s prime pasturelands. For more than 13 years, entomologists and researchers at the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) have ...
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NR12-15 Dec.27, 2012 HONOLULU – Hawaii ranchers are hopeful that a small beige-colored moth will be able to control the fireweed, an invasive plant that is toxic to livestock and has caused havoc on the state’s prime pasturelands. For more than 13 years, entomologists and researchers at the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) have literally ...
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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING   Date:               November 27, 2012 (Tuesday) Time:               9:00 a.m. Location:         Plant Quarantine Conference Room 1849 Auiki Street Honolulu, HI  96819 I.          CALL TO ORDER   II.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 9/25/12 MEETING   III.        COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (ORAL OR WRITTEN) INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTS COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS ...
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NR12-14 – November 23, 2012 HONOLULU – Shipments of Christmas trees from the Pacific Northwest have been found to be widely infested with slugs and other pests that are not found in Hawai`i, causing about half of the shipments to be held for treatment by the Plant Quarantine Branch (PQ) of the Hawai`i Department of ...
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