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 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING    Date:               January 25, 2011 (Tuesday)                           Time:               9:00 a.m.                                                                     Location:         Department of Agriculture                        Plant Quarantine Conference Room                       1849 Auiki Street                       Honolulu, Hawaii     I.          CALL TO ORDER  II.          APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 11/23/10 MEETING  III.         COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (ORAL OR WRITTEN)  IV.         COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION               ...
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NR11-02 – January 19, 2011 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is again alerting travelers to and from S. Korea to be careful not to transport a notorious livestock illness, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), to Hawaii.  Ranchers and livestock operators in the state are also strongly encouraged to review their biosecurity practices to prevent the ...
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NR11-02 – January 19, 2011 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is again alerting travelers to and from S. Korea to be careful not to transport a notorious livestock illness, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), to Hawaii.  Ranchers and livestock operators in the state are also strongly encouraged to review their biosecurity practices to prevent the ...
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NR11-01 January 10, 2011   HONOLULU – A small bat has tested negative for rabies after it was captured last Thursday, January 6th, by workers at a produce storage facility in Pearl City.  The brown-colored bat was found alive under a pallet in a refrigerated container carrying a shipment of radishes and turnips from Korea.  ...
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