Shriner said with the addition of coffee leaf rust, CBB has put a huge burden on coffee farmers to handle two invasive issues, and the wasp would be a good thing. “It is a great tool in our tool ...

Coffee leaf rust was confirmed in Kilauea, Kauai on July 9 at a commercial coffee grower. Officials said the fungus had been on the island for at least six months.

Dr. Álvaro Gaitán, director of Cenicafe, said that for decades the center had been battling a fungus that causes coffee leaf rust, and the Broca (coffee berry borer beetle) a tiny insect that ...

This action follows Gov. David Ige’s February emergency declaration for Hawaii’s $56 million coffee industry due to the presence of CLR. The EPA’s review could take as many as 45 days.