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HGCSA 2011 GOLF TOURNAMENT

Published on August 25, 2011 in General Ag News and Notes and Golf.

Annual Hawaii Golf Course Superintendents Association GOLF TOURNAMENT

The HGCSA Annual Golf Tournament will be held on September 22, 2011 at the Hoakalei Country Club. Shotgun start is at 11:00 a.m., with a banquet and reception to follow.

This year’s event will feature over $5,000 in prizes. A low gross champion, as well as competitors in three flights will be crowned, so reserve your spot in this tournament early. Entry fee is $80, and is due September 1, 1211.

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Limited Time to Change Hunting Rules

Published on November 26, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes, Hunting, Invasive Species and Native Hawaiian Plants.


Conservation Council for Hawaii News Release

The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources is proposing revisions to Hawaii Administrative Rules relating to hunting and game, and asking the public for their feedback. This is an opportunity to urge the state to change the hunting and game management paradigm to reduce the damage caused by introduced continental feral ungulates and game mammals, and provide more opportunities for hunters to help control animals and bring home the meat. Continue reading ‘Limited Time to Change Hunting Rules’

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Delta Will Be Happy To Transport Your Christmas Tree This Season

Published on November 24, 2010 in Christmas Tree and General Ag News and Notes.

Bringing a little more back home with you than just indigestion and a few extra pounds? If your checked baggage includes an entire Christmas tree then look no further than Delta to help you get your holiday tree back home in one piece. Most airlines would probably just laugh at you if you brought a Christmas tree to the airport, but apparently Delta will welcome you and your Tannenbaum.

Freshly cut trees will be accepted as limited-release baggage—that means you can’t flip out if they break a branch—for all flights within the nifty fifty. That’s right…no problem bringing one back to Hawaii, so you can share a little holiday aloha with your friends and family in the islands. You’ll just need to send it through the agricultural inspection folks when you arrive in paradise.

Like any checked baggage, trees will be subject to all kinds of baggage allowance and size restrictions, so that means no crazy ginormous trees. We’re thinking that also means that it will cost just as much to check a tree as it would to check a bag, so carry-on this holiday season and send the tree underneath!

Just make sure that the tree is wrapped all nice and snug in burlap or something similar, and that the root ball or base is covered as well. They don’t want any dirt or branches escaping into the cargo hold and you don’t want to find a mangled tree waiting for you at baggage claim.

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Amid mounting safety concerns, technology helps track food from farm to table

Published on October 3, 2010 in Agricultural Equipment, General Ag News and Notes and Vegtables.


Recalls push more companies to adopt digital tools that can prevent or contain the harm caused by contaminated food.

By P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times

Reporting from San Jose — Inside a Silicon Valley company’s windowless vault, massive servers silently monitor millions of heads of lettuce, from the time they are plucked from the dirt to the moment the bagged salad is scanned at the grocery checkout counter.

That trail can be traced in seconds, thanks to tiny high-tech labels, software programs and hand-held hardware gear. Such tools make it easier for farmers to locate possible problems — a leaky fertilizer bin, an unexpected pathogen in the water, unwashed hands on a factory floor — and more quickly halt the spread of contaminated food.

This Dole Food Co. project and similar efforts being launched across the country represent a fundamental shift in the way that food is tracked from field to table. The change is slow but steady as a number of industry leaders and smaller players adopt these tools. Continue reading ‘Amid mounting safety concerns, technology helps track food from farm to table’

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Hawaii is nation’s driest state – Star Bulletin

Published on June 5, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes.

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Next month will mark a year of "extreme drought" conditions, and Hawaii has become the driest state in the nation, according to the National Weather Service.

Below-normal rainfall is expected for the remainder of the summer, the National Weather Service says.

Most of the state is ranked between abnormally dry (D-1) and exceptionally dry (D-4), the weather service said.

Hawaii was last drought-free April 15, 2008, according to a drought information statement issued yesterday. "The ongoing episode of extreme drought began nearly a year ago on July 27, 2009," the statement said.

Jim Weyman, metorologist-in-charge of the Honolulu Forecast Office, said, "Hawaii is the only location with D4 (exceptional drought) or D3 (extreme drought) at this time. We’re the driest location in the entire United States."

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Agriculture Leadership Foundation accepting applicants

Published on May 17, 2010 in Agriculture Grants and General Ag News and Notes.


HONOLULU – The Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii is accepting applications for its latest class in the Agriculture Leadership Program: Class XIII.

The program is for promising leaders from Hawaii’s agriculture, natural resources management and rural community sectors. “Through this program, individuals who have already demonstrated a commitment to lead in their line of work or community activities will develop the knowledge, relationships, tools and skills that will enable them to be more successful in their work and all community endeavors,” said Executive Director Kim Coffee-Isaak.

“For Class XIII, the program is now being opened to professionals in natural resources management,” said Coffee-Isaak, adding that the hope is to “create stronger bridges between Hawaii’s agricultural and conservation communities.”

Recruitment information can be found at www.agleaderhi.org program_recruitment.htm. The deadline is July 2.

For any other questions on the Agriculture Leadership Program, call 947-2914 in Honolulu or visit www.agleaderhi.org.

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Tree’s owner loses right to overhanging portions – Starbulletin

Published on March 10, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes.

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Stop the presses!

That fruit overhanging into your property does belong to you, at least in Hawaii.

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Maui businessman owes $23.8M following 2 bankruptcies – Pacific Business News

Published on February 12, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes.


The owner of a Maui financial services loan company filed for personal bankruptcy the same day as his company, claiming nearly $23.8 million in unsecured debt.

Lloyd Y. Kimura’s Chapter 7 filing late last month came on the same day as his company, Maui Industrial Loan & Finance Co., also filed for Chapter 7

Much of the unsecured liability Kimura listed — $16.2 million — is duplicated in Maui Industrial Loan & Finance’s filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

The Wailuku-based firm ran afoul of state regulators last year and was ordered by state Commissioner of Financial Institutions Nick Griffin to cease taking deposits or borrowing money.

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New suit over isle CPA, firm seeks millions – The Maui News

Published on February 10, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes.

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Complaint claims Kimura used account access to loot couple
By HARRY EAGAR, Staff Writer

POSTED: February 10, 2010

WAILUKU – Another creditor has filed a million-dollar lawsuit against Wailuku certified public accountant Lloyd Kimura. Unlike previous claims, this one also names his accounting firm, Lloyd Y. Kimura CPA.

Kimura filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago, listing debts of about $23 million. His wholly-owned industrial loan company, Maui Finance, also filed for bankruptcy.

Among the creditors in both bankruptcies were Ronald and Miriam Jacintho, owners of Rojac Trucking, Rojac Construction and Jacro Lowbed Services, who were listed as $1 million creditors of Maui Finance. In their lawsuit filed earlier this month in 2nd Circuit Court, they claim their losses were higher, although the complaint did not disclose the total.

This complaint, filed for the Jacinthos and their Dairy Road Property LLC by attorney Lyle Hosoda, differs from other lawsuits by also alleging that Kimura, as their accountant, had access to their accounts and looted them. Continue reading ‘New suit over isle CPA, firm seeks millions – The Maui News’

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Kiteboarder killed by sharks in rare deadly attack – The Washington Post

Published on February 4, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes and Water.


By BRIAN SKOLOFF

The Associated Press
Thursday, February 4, 2010; 11:05 AM

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sharks killed a kiteboarder off South Florida’s Atlantic coast in the state’s first deadly shark attack in five years, authorities said.

A lifeguard spotted Stephen Howard Schafer, 38, in distress about 500 yards off the beach Wednesday. When he paddled out, he found Schafer bleeding and surrounded by several sharks. Schafer was taken to a hospital and died a short time later, according to Rhonda Irons, public information officer for the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.

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Lawsuits, foreclosures, other issues trail isle CPA – The Maui News

Published on January 29, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes.

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WAILUKU – Certified public accountant Lloyd Kimura is facing a flood of lawsuits for unpaid loans, foreclosures and for claims of mismanagement by buyers of a commercial condominium he developed and managed in the Wailuku Industrial Park.

Neither Kimura nor his lawyer, Phil Lowenthal, returned phone messages seeking comment.

In November, the state Division of Financial Institutions ordered Maui Industrial (also known as Maui Finance, or MILFCO) to stop taking deposits. Kimura has owned and managed Maui Finance since 1969.

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The demand is there for locally grown food – Starbulletin

Published on January 3, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes, Sustainability and Vegtables.

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UNDER THE SUN

By Cynthia Oi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 03, 2010

Growing food is better then picking up cigarette buts at the resort.
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Now comes a study suggesting that early Hawaiian agriculture was vast and substantially more complex than previously known, implying that what was grown fed a population of perhaps a million people, which is about the present occupancy of Hawaii.

Samuel M. Gon III was clearly excited by the findings of a team of researchers and scientists from noted institutions.

"If a million mouths could be fed back then, this points to a future where we can wean our reliance on food from the outside world," said Gon, who as senior scientist with The Nature Conservancy in Hawaii participated in the study.

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Crop Science Society of America Award

Published on October 7, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes.

ASA, CSSA, SSSA to present awards in Pittsburgh

October 7th, 2009

The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) will recognize the following individuals during the scientific societies’ Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, www.acsmeetings.org, on November 1-5, 2009. The annual awards are presented for outstanding contributions to education, national and international service, and research.

Recipients:  Crop Science Society of America Award

James L. Brewbaker, University of Hawaii – Seed Science Award.

James L. Brewbaker has served as a plant breeder and geneticist for the University of Hawaii Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Science since 1962. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in plant breeding and has served as a visiting scientist in nine countries. His research is on the genetic improvement of tropical crops, with a focus on maize and tropical leguminous trees. He also founded Hawaii’s Crop Improvement Association and Hawaii Foundation Seeds, where he serves as director.

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Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-25-09

Published on September 26, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes.

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The annual charts have been updated also. CLICK HERE to view.

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iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN (SGG) 09-25-09
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Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 09-18-09

Published on September 19, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes.

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The annual charts have been updated also. CLICK HERE to view.

Maui Land and Pineapple (MLP) 09-18-09
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iPath DJ AIG Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN (SGG) 09-18-09
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VIDEO: Hawaii Mayor talks about upcoming "painful" budget – Big Island Video News

Published on September 15, 2009 in General Ag News and Notes and Sustainability.

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September 15, 2009 – Hilo, Hawaii Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi took a moment last Friday to talk about the challenges facing the Big Island economy, and how it will impact next year’s county budget.

According to a news release, Kenoi told his county staff on Monday at a meeting to kick off budget preparations that "deep and painful budget cuts will be necessary to carry the county through the next fiscal year". The county says its facing a $44.8 million hole in next fiscal year’s budget, which combines $33.8 million less in projected revenues and $11 million more in projected expenses.

“We’ve never faced what we face today,” said Mayor Kenoi in Monday’s media release. “Which means we’ve got to take steps that we never took before,” to make government more efficient and reduce county spending. Continue reading ‘VIDEO: Hawaii Mayor talks about upcoming "painful" budget – Big Island Video News’

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