SUGARCANE: The 2014 production of sugarcane in Hawaii is forecast at 1.43 million tons, up 2 percent from the previous year, but unchanged from the August forecast. Harvested acreage is estimated at 19.0 thousand acres, up 7 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 75.0 tons per acre. The 2014 U.S. production of...
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Scientists unwind the secrets of climbing plants’ tendrils
In the search for precious sunlight, instead of growing sturdy trunks to reach towards the light, climbing plants such as honeysuckle and grapevines cling to their surroundings and then heave themselves upwards. Scientists have now cracked how some plants do this, and in the process they have created a new kind of spring. Climbing...
Continue readingHawaii growers urged to clean up exports-The Honolulu Advertiser
By Robbie Dingeman Advertiser Staff Writer Hawai’i’s $125 million agricultural export industry could be threatened by hitchhiking insects and other pests found on fresh flower, foliage and fruit shipments arriving in California. Budget cuts have left California with fewer inspectors and made that state more prone to slap sanctions on importers when pests are...
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