#coffee leaf rust hawaii

EPA Approves Fungicide for Hawai‘i Coffee Growers to Battle Coffee Leaf Rust

The US EPA has approved Hawaiʻi’s request for coffee growers to use a fungicide to control coffee leaf rust in the islands.

Board of Agriculture Expands Coffee Quarantine to Oʻahu and Lānaʻi

The Hawaiʻi Board of Agriculture approved the expansion of coffee quarantine areas to include the islands of Oʻahu and Lānaʻi due to the coffee leaf rust, a fungus that threatens Hawaiʻi’s important coffee industry.