Each year, farmers across Hawaii Island grow coffee on more than six thousand acres, around the island. Statewide, Hawaii produces more than 8 million pounds of coffee a year, a crop worth more than $30 million dollars. One of the industry's biggest challenges remains the same as a year ago: the coffee berry borer. From the Big Island, HPR's Sherry Bracken has an update on how the fight is going.
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