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Hawaii sounds alarm after python is discovered at Oahu home
FTW Outdoors via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA wellness check at a Honolulu home last Saturday turned up a deceased male and a live python that...
Deadline coming up for Hawaii farmers to complete agriculture census
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 3—Hawaii farmers and ranchers have until Monday to respond to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. In December the U.S. Department of Agriculture mailed out paper questionnaires to all known ...
Kauai residents asked to check bins for coconut rhinoceros beetle
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJun. 10—The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is asking Kauai residents to check their compost bins and green waste for the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle and its larvae. Breeding grounds ...
Hawaii restricting cattle from areas with avian flu cases
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 6—The Hawaii Department of Agriculture said today it is restricting the transport of cattle from areas where highly pathogenic avian influenza — or H5N1 bird flu virus — has been detected ...
Agriculture Department to host pesticide collection on Kauai
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDec. 16—The Hawaii Department of Agriculture's Pesticides Branch is running a free pesticide disposal program on Kauai for commercial users of pesticides, the HDOA announced Saturday. The project ...
Punahou Carnival plant sale reopens after inspection finds no little fire ants
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFeb. 2—UPDATE: Saturday 10:30 a.m. Hawaii Department of Agriculture officials said this morning that the Punahou Carnival plant sale will be open today for the second day of the annual event ...
'Bad actor' nurseries targeted by officials over little fire ant infestations
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 24—The state Department of Agriculture is moving to take legal action against a handful of "bad actors, " nurseries that are aware they have an infestation of little fire ants but are doing ...
Interim rule allows quarantine of plants infested with little fire ants
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 7—Recent discoveries of infestations have been found in Maunawili, Lanikai, and Kaneohe, with more expected in months to come. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has established an interim ...
State agencies begin transfer of Act 90 lands
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 26—After two decades of mostly inaction, the state has begun transferring thousands of acres of pasture land to its Department of Agriculture in a significant win for farming in Hawaii.
'Ambitious' proposal would transfer 94K acres of agricultural land this year
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 27—After a 20-year standstill over more than 110, 000 acres of Hawaii agricultural land, two state departments have revealed an "ambitious " plan to distribute that land by the end of the ...
