Entering the 52nd annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival that runs through Nov. 12, farmers are celebrating higher yields and healthier crops throughout the Kona region due to more rain and better management of the killer fungus.
An invasive insect is harming the Indigenous hala tree across Oʻahu. Plant pest control officials say removal and treatment can help, a more sustainable and cost-effective solution would be to find a natural enemy that will feed on this insect. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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