Hawaii Cffee Grwers Asscia/n 2013/14 State f Hawaii by Island Grwers Reprt
The Hawaii Cffee Grwers Asscia/n (HCGA) missin is t further imprvements in Hawaii cffee prduc/n, quality and marketability thrugh sund agricultural research, farming techniques unique t Hawaii and the prtec/n f ur industry frm the farming perspec/ve. Our members accunt fr bener than 70% f the cffee grwing acreage in the State.
Island f Kauai Kauai Cffee Cmpany 2013/14 Yield/Acreage: 2,413 acs. harvested (ut f 3,000 ttal farm acres) 14.3 millin lbs. cherry 3.3 millin lbs. green bean (23.2% recvery which was best ever) Selec/ve harvest f tps started n 9/3/13. Harvest seasn ended n 1/24/14. 2013 was dry in spring and summer but ended with a very wet December. Rainfall was 90% f average fr the year. Fer/ga/n prgram n schedule all year, helping yields.
Island f Kauai (cn/nued) Kauai Cffee Cmpany 2014/15 Outlk 2,550 harvest acres 11 millin lbs cherry est. 2.5 millin lbs. green bean Pump #3 (Hanapepe River) water supply and quality are gd. Alexander Res. level is lw and may be ut f water by mid- August ( supplies 950 acres). Rainfall n the farm abve average ytd due t wet May. CBB traps checked weekly by staff and UH- Extensin teams with n CBB detected t date.
Island f Kauai (cn/nued) Mla a Bay Cffee Cmpany 2013/14 Yield/Acreage: 6 acres Typica variety??lbs cherry made imprvements t irriga/n and fer/ga/n. New Hshidana drying deck fr parchment. Diversifying int ther crps (Caca) & prducts such as tea All f Kauai repr/ng n CBB fund.
Island f Oahu Waialua Estate Cffee Dle 2013/14 Yield/Acreage: 100+ acres harvested ut f 160 acres (Typica variety) <280,000 lbs. cherry <55,000 lbs. green bean 20% yield 65% natural prcess, 35% washed Lw recvery, larger bean size Irriga/n and fer/ga/n prblems, nn prduc/ve areas and cyclical stump pruning accunted fr lw yield. Added 2+ acres new trees All f Island f Oahu, n reprts f CBB. LiNle Fire Ant infesta/n in Mililani Mauka WAIALUA ESTATE COFFEE Nrth Shre Oahu, Hawaii
2014 Outlk: Island f Oahu Steady rains January - June. Nn unifrm flwerings extended harvest seasn. Increased prduc/n, ~420,000 lbs cherry Pruned areas bearing, repaired irriga/n, imprved fer/ga/n, gd rainfall
Cffees f Hawaii 2013/14 Yield/Acreage: 115 planted, 98 prducing 17 acres replanted March 2014 225,000 lbs. Cherry 36,000 lbs. Green bean Island f Mlkai
Cffees f Hawaii Island f Mlkai 2014/15 Yield/Acreage Frecast: 98 Prducing Acres 12 Cer/fied Organic Yield expected t be +/- 240,000 lbs cherry Expect t capture 16% r 38,400 lbs f green N CBB reprted n Mlka'i t date.
Island f Maui MauiGrwn Cffee, Lahaina 2013/14 Yield/Acreage: 375 harvested, 400 prducing acres (4 varie/es, Red Catuai, Yellw Caturra, Typica, Mkka) 60% natural/40% washed prcesses 2.25MM lbs. cherry 480,000 lbs Green bean. Dry grwth seasn/dry harvest 2013. Gd recvery, larger screen bean size.
Island f Maui (cn/nued) MauiGrwn Cffee 2013/14 Outlk Immediately aper harvest finished, heavy rains March April 2014. Expect large crp fr 2014/15, very unifrm cmpact flwerings. Cn/nue t plant new acreage, planning fr 10 acres in 2014.
Island f Maui (cn/nued) Maui Cffee Asscia/n (upcuntry and ther regins f Maui) 2012/13 Yield/Acreage: 10 farms repr/ng in, acreage unknwn (est. 100 acres cumula/ve). Apprx. 20,000 lbs cherry All sld rasted/~1% sld as green bean All farms reprted pr yield due t lack f rainfall. 2013/14 Outlk: Mre cffee being planted, bener yield expected with imprved weather being the biggest factr. N CBB n Maui. Trapping. Educa/nal seminar held 6/15/13
Island f Hawaii Kna District Ka u District Hamakua
Island f Hawaii Kna District 2013/14 Yield/acreage Lack f data reprted 18 Millin lbs cherry/est. 3,800 acres? Nrmal weather prduc/n year, but due t CBB, very linle cffee cer/fied bener than Prime. Cherry: Green ra/: Farms using IPM: 6.0 : 1.0 lbs Average cnversin: > 8.0 : 1.0 lbs Green bean prduc/n es/mated 2.4 millin?
Island f Hawaii Kna District 2014 Outlk: Gd spring rains, Heaver than nrmal May rains, Gd cherry set Average crp n trees Es/mates up t 25% r mre crp than last year. Cncerns: appears mre farms are lacking necessary care "fer/liza/n" & farm abandnment CBB s/ll biggest cncern widespread and fund n all farms in Kna District.
Island f Hawaii Ka u District (1,100 2,300 p. elev.) 2012/13 Yield/Acreage: Varietals: Burbn Red Caturra Red Catuai, Typica Ttal acres planted 728 rughly 500 acres currently prducing ttal prducing acres : 350 M'aula plus 150-200 frm Olsn lands & independents ttal Cherry: 3,276,000 (4500 lbs. per acre) es/mated lbs. Green bean : 524,160 Kau Farms Management, 100 acres in cul/va/n and 60 bearing 105,000 cherry + 170,000 lb ther farms
Island f Hawaii Ka u District (cn/nued) 2014 Outlk: Yield expected t be +/- 2.75 milln lbs cherry Expected lbs f green : 550-600k, Upcming crp lks strng in Ka'u, seasn may begin early this year similar t Kna. CBB level f infesta/n / cntrl: current levels in Ka'u at 12 percent, dwn frm clse t 20 percent es/mated at start f the harvest (Sept. 2013). HDOA/CBB Task Frce funds will help a great deal.
Island f Hawaii Hamakua/Nrth Hil District 2013/2014 Yield/Acreage: NOT REPORTING ESTIMATED <100,000 lbs cherry Apprx. 250 acres (+25 acres planted) Green bean unknwn almst all rasted and sld under small private labels. Farms range in size frm 5 25 acres Ques/nable CBB reprts, but nne cnfirmed.
CBB Summary Kna district, (HC BiNenbender Sept 2013 survey ) 79 farmers respnded represen/ng 720 acres f cffee 20% Green bean lss, with 26% infesta/n f samples reprted by mills Marketable Green Bean Recvery Ra/ (MGBRR f 28% Ka u District es/mated at 5% n managed t 50% n unmanaged farms. Ka u Cffee Mill reprts 1% n wn farms 5% - 10%+ sampled n farms delivering, Mst CBB damage adjacent t wet mill and receiving dck. And at pulp waste site 4 mi East Hawaii/Hamakua nt reprted. Quaran/ne fr statewide shipments f green cffee nging. New CBB Educa/nal Supprt Psi/n with UH CTAHR in Kna Beauveria subsidy prgrams, USDA IPM FUNDING $700K Agency help SHAC, HDOA, UH, PBARC, HCA and CBB taskfrce cllabra/ng. State and Federal funding leverage increasing, Agencies t cn/nue t build n recent funding success.
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