Nov. 25, 2025 NR25-33 HONOLULU — A live opossum was spotted at a car dealership on Maui yesterday afternoon and was put down by officers with the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR.) The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) Maui Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) received a call at about 2:30 p.m. yesterday ...
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Nov. 14, 2025 NR25-32 HONOLULU – Another live skunk was captured yesterday, this time at Honolulu Harbor. The previous skunk was captured at Hilo Harbor on Nov. 7. On the morning of Nov. 11, U.S. Customs and Border Protection staff at Honolulu Harbor contacted agriculture inspectors at the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity’s Plant ...
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Nov. 10, 2025 NR25-31 HONOLULU – A live skunk was captured at Hilo Harbor last Friday, Nov. 07, after two separate people from a shipping company reported seeing a skunk around Pier 1 early Thursday morning. Agriculture inspectors from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity’s Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) in Hilo were dispatched to ...
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Oct. 30, 2025 NR25-30 HONOLULU – Hawai‘i agriculture operations are rapidly adopting farm technology according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA-NASS). The recently released “2025 Hawai‘i Farm Technology Use Report,” indicates significant increases in the use of tablets, video surveillance cameras, GPS livestock tracking devices, field sensors, ...
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Oct. 28, 2025 NR25-29 HONOLULU – The Hawai’i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB), Plant Industry Division, is now accepting applications for the Compost Reimbursement Program for fiscal year 2026, The program may reimburse agricultural producers for the cost of purchasing compost, including transportation expenses. During the 2025 legislative session, the legislature and Governor Josh ...
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Oct. 23, 2025 NR25-28 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) Market Development Branch (MDB) has awarded a total of more than $465,700 to seven projects under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) for fiscal year 2025. Under the program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) allocates funds to each state ...
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Oct. 21, 2025 NR25-27 HONOLULU — Two live opossums were captured today at two separate locations at Honolulu Harbor. Another opossum was also captured in Hilo last month. At 6:45 a.m. today, a shipping company reported seeing an opossum running round in the container yard at Pier 1 overnight. Agriculture inspectors from the Hawai‘i Department ...
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Oct. 17, 2025 NR25-26 HONOLULU — The Pesticides Branch of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) is continuing its second annual statewide Pesticide Disposal Program (PDP) on Hawai‘i Island. Under the program, farms and other commercial users of pesticides may safely dispose of canceled, suspended, unwanted or unlabeled pesticides. The PDP is only for ...
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DAB Annual Report FY2025 Act 100 Annual Report FY2025 Report on Administratively Established Appropriation FY 2025 Report on Pesticide Use Revolving Fund for FY2025 Report on Non-General Fund Appropriations for FY2025 Annual Report on the Biosecurity Program, SLH 2025 Annual Report on the Biosecurity Program, SLH2008 Farmer Apprentice Mentoring Program Report FY2025 Food Hub Pilot ...
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Oct. 15, 2025 NR25-25 HONOLULU – The presumptive case of avian influenza in a duck earlier this week on O‘ahu prompts a reminder from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) Animal Industry Division (AID) urging commercial poultry operations and backyard bird owners to increase biosecurity measures to protect their flocks from avian influenza, ...
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