https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/coffee-beans/by-region-coffee-beans/hawaii/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:08:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/17/new-1-billion-usda-specialty-crop-bailout-includes-coffee-march-13-deadline/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:08:44 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194624   The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced $1 billion in one-time “bridge” aid for U.S. specialty crop producers, including coffee.  Called the Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF),...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/11/new-cafeclima-platform-supports-climate-smart-coffee-replanting/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:08:14 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194532   World Coffee Research (WCR), along with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, today announced the launch of CafeClima, a free web platform designed to help farmers, agronomists, funders...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/01/14/kauai-coffee-warns-141-workers-of-potential-layoffs-as-land-lease-nears-end/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:42:08 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=193837 Kauai Coffee Co., one of the largest coffee-growing operations in the United States, has warned employees of potential layoffs as land lease negotiations remain unresolved.  Multiple local outlets — including...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/12/03/investor-sues-michigan-retirement-fund-over-failed-kona-hills-project/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:07:42 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=192786   A Florida agricultural lender has sued the operator of a Michigan retirement fund over a failed investment in a large Kona coffee venture, alleging the fund and its partners...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/11/17/white-house-offers-broad-coffee-tariff-relief-brazil-in-question/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:45:27 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=192400 President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a major rollback of “reciprocal” tariffs on numerous agricultural products not readily grown in the United States, including coffee. While the announcement was met...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/10/09/hawaii-woman-accused-of-selling-millions-of-dollars-of-fake-kona/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:18:34 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=191495 A federal grand jury indicted a 66-year-old Hawaii woman after prosecutors accused her of fraudulently making millions of dollars by selling foreign-grown coffee that was labeled and sold as “100%...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/09/19/u-s-legislators-introducing-bipartisan-bill-to-exempt-coffee-from-tariffs/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:16:34 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=191033    Amid soaring prices for coffee at U.S. grocery stores, legislators are planning to introduce a bipartisan bill to exempt coffee from recently imposed U.S. tariffs, which are fees paid...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/08/19/like-an-earthquake-inside-of-a-hurricane-how-tariffs-may-compound-coffees-climate-woes/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:03:25 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=190297 [Note: This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.] Eight years ago, when Debbie Wei Mullin founded her company Copper Cow, she wanted to...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/07/23/bipartisan-letter-from-u-s-reps-urges-coffees-exemption-from-tariffs/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:48:01 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=189760   The chairs of the recently inaugurated United States Congressional Coffee Caucus issued a letter with bipartisan support to the head of the U.S. trade agency urging coffee to be...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/06/16/groundbreaking-coffee-leaf-rust-study-offers-insights-into-resistance/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:37:16 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=188868 A groundbreaking effort led by Oregon-based nonprofit World Coffee Research (WCR) just delivered the most extensive real-world evaluation to date of how arabica coffee varieties stand up to their most...]]>