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Register now for the Symposium at the Outrigger Hotel, held on Friday, March 1. Don’t miss your chance to catch up on all things coffee! A day full of speakers, vendors, and a chance to catch up with fellow farmers. Free to members and $75 for guests. Lunch is included. Sponsors! Join us here.
DetailsThe Independent Voice “Best Agricultural Newsletter in Hawaii” Newsletter of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association January 2023 PO Box 5436 Kailua Kona Hawaii 96745 USA www.konacoffeefarmers.org info@konacoffeefarmers.org Contents Coffee Farmers Want Hawaii to Do More to…
DetailsBEST PRACTICES: PRUNING PRACTICES-Notes updated 12/28/2022 (Bob Smith) Pruning is the start of the farming year. Coffee beans form on last year’s growth. Three years growth on the vertical gives the maximum crop. Remove suckers on bent over verticals if using the “Multi-vertical” method. The “Beaumont-Fukunaga” method prunes every third row to the stump, permitting…
DetailsPruning Coffee by Bob Smith WHY: Coffee trees require yearly pruning to remove unproductive branches and to make space for new vigorous growth. Coffee verticals have a growth cycle of 3 years. Maximum production is achieved the 3rd year. Growth thereafter is on a biennial schedule with high yield/low yield in alternating years. Approximately 1/3…
DetailsThe Independent Voice “Best Agricultural Newsletter in Hawaii” Newsletter of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association December 2022 PO Box 5436 Kailua Kona Hawaii 96745 USA www.konacoffeefarmers.org info@konacoffeefarmers.org Contents Kona Coffee Farmers Face Big Challenges 10% Discount at Captain Cook…
DetailsAloha HDOA is announcing that the current funding needs to be spent as it expires on June 1, 2023. Please do all your organization can to get your coffee farmers to get their applications in. If you need outreach materials or Melanie Bondera to attend a meeting or event, please let us know. Please send…
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