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Curated Hawaii Agriculture News

June 15, 2012 Post a Comment

Bring a plate – how Australia should be feeding Asia

Food manufacturers must target the region’s booming middle classes with innovative processed products, writes Paddy Manning. You get what you focus on,” said Kraft Food’s Australasian chief, Rebecca Dee-Bradbury, this week, both admonishing and urging her industry peers to seize the opportunity at our doorstep: to be much more than Asia’s paddock when it...

June 15, 2012 Post a Comment

Contract farming ‘exploitative’

Contract farming has put farmers at a disadvantage as they have to shoulder all the burdens of investment and losses, with lucrative profits going into the pockets of companies engaged in the system, a seminar has been told. Paisit Panitkul, a law lecturer at Chiang Mai University, said his study showed that contract farming...

June 13, 2012 Post a Comment

Tainted-apple report sparks investigation

Farmers usually use the fruit bags to cover and protect growing fruit from the insecticides that growers spray on fruit trees. Putting pesticides in the bags is illegal. Agricultural authorities opened the investigation after a newspaper reported that some farmers in Yantai, China’s major apple growing area, were illegally using pesticides in the bags....

June 13, 2012 Post a Comment

GM crops good for environment, study finds

Crops genetically modified to poison pests can deliver significant environmental benefits, according to a study spanning two decades and 1.5m square kilometres. The benefits extended to non-GM crops in neighbouring fields, researchers found. Plants engineered to produce a bacterial toxin lethal to some insects but harmless to people were grown across more than 66m...

June 10, 2012 Post a Comment

Panel should be appointed to address deer problem

Before the problem gets any worse on Maui, Mayor Alan Arakawa should appoint a blue-ribbon axis deer panel to come up with a comprehensive plan on how the county can deal with the alarming increase of deer on Maui and the significant damage that is being done to our forests, farm vegetables, ecosystem and...

June 10, 2012 Post a Comment

Water plan to take effect by 2012

By the end of 2012, a water resource allocation plan for 25 rivers that flow through more than one province will be put into use, limiting the amount of water that can be taken from the rivers by each of the provinces. “We are doing our best to accelerate the process,” said Chen Ming,...

June 10, 2012 Post a Comment

A royally wild ride

FIRST PHOTO: Makawao Rodeo 2012 Queen Lauren Egger (on barrel) and Princess Jessica Hartley get the royal treatment from Hartley’s horse Sonny while competing in a Rescue Race at the Upcountry Farm and Ag Fair on Saturday afternoon at Oskie Rice Arena in Olinda. In the race, competitors must saddle their horse and race...

June 5, 2012 Post a Comment

Conflict crops up over rural district boundaries

WAILUKU – More than a handful of residents and property owners of Anuhea Place near the Kulamalu Town Center in Pukalani asked County Council committee members Monday to place their land in a rural growth boundary so that they could freely put up homes for themselves and their children. But representatives of both the...

June 4, 2012 Post a Comment

Upcountry Ag & Farm Fair

The 32nd Upcountry 4-H Ag & Farm Fair, a weekend of music, ‘ono food, games, exhibits, a rodeo–and the makings of great memories–will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Oskie Rice Field & Arena on Olinda Road above Makawao. This year, the fair...

June 4, 2012 Post a Comment

Blue Ocean Mariculture buys kampachi farm

The acquisition of Kona Blue Water Farms’ Kampachi hatchery and offshore assets has been completed by Blue Ocean Mariculture, which operates along the Kona coast of Hawaii island. Blue Ocean had bought Kona Blue’s offshore mariculture lease in early 2010, its hatchery was acquired in January of 2011 and that May, Blue Ocean finished...

May 30, 2012 Post a Comment

Barents Crabs Suffer From Soviet Legacy

Soviet botanist Ivan Machurin’s immortal phrase “We cannot wait for favors from nature. To take them from it — that is our task” could be the all-encompassing slogan by which Russia’s resource-driven economy now lives. Even though the early 20th-century scientist was primarily referring to creating plant hybrids, his philosophy underpinned many of the...

May 27, 2012 Post a Comment

Plans for Waikamoi flume unveiled

MAKAWAO – The leaking, redwood Waikamoi flume would be replaced with an aluminum channel supported by an aluminum truss along its entire 1.1-mile length, retaining precious surface water for drought-plagued Upcountry residents and providing a safe working platform for employees of the Department of Water Supply. The flume channels water from the Haipuaena Stream...

May 27, 2012 Post a Comment

Mysterious deer growth a problem on Big Island

HONOLULU – Deer can swim, but not very far. When they showed up for the first time on the Big Island of Hawaii, mystified residents wondered how they got there. The island is some 30 miles southeast of Maui, where deer are plentiful. Hawaii wildlife authorities think someone dropped a few from a helicopter...

May 23, 2012 Post a Comment

Big isle drought persists

Drought lingered on the Big Island through another dry winter and is returning this summer to more deeply ravaged, already water-stressed places. These next five months aren’t expected to bring any real reprieve, especially for leeward areas, said Kevin Kodama, senior hydrologist for the National Weather Service. Weather officials are predicting persistence and possible...

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RSS Hawaii Deptment of Agriculture News

  • Local and Mainland Egg Prices Comparable in Latest Data for Honolulu April 1, 2025
    March 31, 2025 NR25-07 HONOLULU – The price of local and mainland eggs in Honolulu rose significantly in the first quarter of this year. However, the price between local and mainland eggs was comparable, according to latest statistics from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Market Analysis and News Branch (MANB). Since Jan. 1, 2025, […]
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  • HDOA Offers Program for Free Treatment of Little Fire Ants for O‘ahu Homeowners March 20, 2025
    March 20, 2025 NR25-06 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has opened a free treatment program for little fire ant (LFA) infestations on residential properties on O‘ahu. HDOA’s Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) has contracted with pest control companies to conduct the treatments on properties under the guidance of PQB inspectors. The $1.1 million […]
    Janelle
  • State Extends Voluntary Pause on Interisland Transport of Birds March 12, 2025
    Surveillance for Avian Influenza Continues                                                  March 12, 2025 NR25-05 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), in consultation with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Land and […]
    Janelle
  • Akamai Arrival February 25, 2025
    Jason Azus-Richardson
  • State Leaders Announce Digitization of Plants and Animals Declaration Form February 25, 2025
    ʻAkamai Arrival’ Pilot Program to Launch on March 1 on Select Domestic Flights February 24, 2025 HONOLULU – State leaders today announced the launch of ʻAkamai Arrival,’ a pilot program that will digitize Hawaiʻi’s Plants and Animals Declaration Form, streamlining the process for travelers arriving in the islands. The initiative, authorized under Act 196 (2024), […]
    Janelle
  • Honolulu Retail Egg Price Data Released January 30, 2025
    January 30, 2025 NR25-03 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Market Analysis and News Branch (MANB) has released data on retail egg prices in Honolulu, comparing prices between December 2021 and 2024. (https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/add/files/2025/01/Honolulu-Egg-Prices-2021-to-2024final.pdf) The data indicates that between 2021 and 2024, the price for a dozen locally produced eggs rose by 28.4% from […]
    Janelle
  • Increased Biosecurity Urged to Protect Birds from Avian Influenza January 17, 2025
    Jan. 17, 2025 NR25-02 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Animal Industry Division (AID) is again urging commercial poultry operations and backyard bird owners to increase biosecurity measures to protect their flocks from avian influenza. Earlier this week, the Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) reported very low-level detections of H5 influenza in wastewater […]
    Janelle
  • Opossum Trapped at Store in Kona January 8, 2025
    January 7, 2025 NR25-01 HONOLULU – An opossum was caught at a big-box store in Kona over the weekend. The store contacted the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) at about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, and reported that they had trapped an opossum in an animal trap. An agriculture inspector from the Plant Quarantine […]
    Janelle
  • Avian Influenza Information December 23, 2024
    Jason Azus-Richardson
  • Opossum Trapped at Store in Iwilei December 19, 2024
    Dec. 18, 2024 NR24-39 HONOLULU – A third opossum has been captured in Honolulu this year. Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) plant quarantine inspectors trapped the opossum overnight at a big-box store in Iwilei. The Plant Quarantine Branch received a report of an opossum on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 12, from a passerby who saw an […]
    Janelle

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RSS Hawaii Agriculture Employment

  • Geotechnical (Soils and/or Concrete) Special Inspectors - HI
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Aiea Description RMA is a growing national provider of testing, inspection, and certification services that support innovation in new product development, quality assurance, for project delivery, and engineered solutions for asset... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/12/2025
  • Security Officer II
    Bayer. Hawaii, Kunia At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/11/2025
  • Lecturer, CC (Agriculture)
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii Salary: See Position DescriptionLocation : Hawai'i Community College - Various Locations, HIJob Type: Part-Time TemporaryJob Number: 2024-00152Department: Hawai'i Community College - Career and Technical EducationDivision: AgricultureOpening Date: 04/09/2025Closing Date: ContinuousPosition... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/11/2025
  • Lecturer, CC (Agriculture - Tropical Forest - Ecosystem and Agro Forestry Management (TEAM))
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii Salary: See Position DescriptionLocation : Hawai'i Community College - Various Locations, HIJob Type: Part-Time PermanentJob Number: 2024-02472Department: Hawai'i Community College - Liberal Arts and Public ServicesDivision: Math and Natural SciencesOpening... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/11/2025
  • (CASUAL) Educational Specialist (Farm Technician)
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Hilo Salary: $0.00 Semi-MonthlyLocation : Hilo, HIJob Type: Full-Time TemporaryJob Number: 2025-00829Department: University of Hawai'i at HiloDivision: College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource ManagementOpening Date: 04/07/2025Closing Date: 4/15/2025 11:59 PM... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/10/2025
  • Offshore Production Diver (Farm Hand)
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Kailua Here's what we do...(click to watch) Offshore WorkAbout UsBlue Ocean Mariculture was founded in 2009 to pursue the sustainable farming of local Hawaiian marine finfish. We are proud to be... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/08/2025
  • AGRICULTURAL LOAN OFFICER VI - OAHU
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii Salary: See Position DescriptionLocation : Island of OahuJob Type: VariousJob Number: OHHI-25054Department: AgricultureOpening Date: 03/13/2025Closing Date: Continuous Recruitment InformationRecruitment Number OHHI-25054This recruitment is being conducted under the Operation Hire Hawaii... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/07/2025
  • Seed Tech
    Bayer. Hawaii, Kunia Seed Tech At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream,... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/06/2025
  • AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TECHNICIAN V - HILO, HAWAII ISLAND
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii Salary: See Position DescriptionLocation : Island of HawaiiJob Type: VariousJob Number: 24-0569Department: University of HawaiiOpening Date: 12/07/2024Closing Date: Continuous Recruitment Information Recruitment Number 24-0569 - This vacancy is with the... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/06/2025
  • Diversified Agriculture Technician - Ka'a'awa
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii Join a company that is involved in many diverse operations in one of the most beautiful places in Hawai'i. Kualoa Ranch Hawai'i has enjoyed a proud past and looks forward... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/06/2025
  • Diversified Agriculture Technician - Kaaawa
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii Join a company that is involved in many diverse operations in one of the most beautiful places in Hawai'i. Kualoa Ranch Hawai'i has enjoyed a proud past and looks forward... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/06/2025
  • Horticultural Supervisor
    Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Waimea Corteva Agriscience has an opportunity in Waimea, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, to lead horticultural operations in the Population Development Group. The Horticultural Supervisor is responsible for shadehouses and associated areas cultivating maize... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/06/2025