Resources.

Useful links for growers and buyers

Grower Information & Resources

​Avocado Lace Bug (ALB) Management

• ​Biology and Management of Avocado Lace Bug - Webinar
• Avocado Lace Bug Workshop video 2/2025
• ​ALB Video - Update from California Avocado Commission
• ​CTAHR Phase 1 and 2 pesticide trial results, and basics of IPM ​
• Grafting, and Nutrient Management for ALB, CTAHR 5/23
• ALB Research Update - USDA/ARS

Marketing

• Avocado sizes
• Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)

• Avocado Promotional Material - Unrestricted Use for Distributors and Retailers

• Avocado Quality Manual (Hass Avocado Board)

• Avocado Information Kit - Australia

• Supply Chain & Handling Best Practices - Colombia Avocados
• Maturity Testing Using Dry Matter
• Dry Matter in Avocados - Why Its Important
• List of Global Avocado Varieties and Their Types

Nutrient Management & Fertilizing

• Avocado Fertilization 

• Avocado Nutrition Center

• Avocado Plant Nutrition Review 2018 - Australia

Pruning

• Avocado Canopy Management
• Canopy Management & Pruning for Avocado
• Canopy Management for the Tropic and Sub-tropics

Growing Avocado

• Agriculture.com - Successful Farming​
• Irrigating Avocados Fact Sheet - California Avocado Growers
• California Avocado Commission Resource Center
• California Avocados - Avocado 101
• CTAHR Knowledge Master - Avocado 
• CTAHR Avocado Resource Site
• CTAHR Farm Food Safety
• CTAHR Diagnostic Service Center
• Educational Resources for Growers  - Campus Extension Foundation
• University of California Avocado Information Center​
• Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) Host List
• ​Crop and Whole Farm Insurance - USDA Risk Management Agency
• EPA Worker Protection Standard - Training Video for Pesticide Handler and Applicator
• Grow Fruit Hawaii
• Hawaii Farmers Union United - HFUU
• Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers Association - HTFG
• My Avocado Trees (Florida)

Organic Certification

Organic Standards and Certification 101
​Organic sustainability Wheel
Organic Trade Association
​CCOF
USDA Organic Integrity Database

Industry Links

Exporting Avocado from Hawaii to the U.S. Mainland - 7 CFR 318.13-20
DL22 Form- HDOA Certificate of Ownership
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act - FSMA
Hass Avocado Board
Hawaii Department of Agriculture - Commodities Branch
​Hawaii Department of Agriculture - Help Deter Agricultural Theft
​USDA APHIS
​USDA/AMS Avocado Grades and Standards
​USDA GAP / GHP​​

Agribusiness Publications

Go Farm Hawaii - Agribusiness Guidebook
Produce Blue Book
​Produce Pay
​Produce Market Guide
The Packer
The Produce News​
USDA Avocado Market Report
​USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service - NASS
USDA Pacific Region Avocado Statistics
​Susceptibility of Malama Avocados to Oriental Fruit Fly in Hawaii

Products, Suppliers, and Services

Listing suppliers does not constitute endorsement by HAA. The following suppliers have been suggested by our growers.
Avocado Trees, Grafted, from Puna Makai Nursery in Pahoa. Call Ken on (808) 557-8065
Agroresources Hawaii - Farm Management and Consulting
Brush Clearing, Pruning, Mulching, Excavator Work - Hawaii Island - Gill Pecceu 808-987-0616
Crop and Whole Farm Revenue Insurance
Grafting Services - Hawaii Island, Ty McDonald
Lobo Products - Harvest Tools
Harmony Farm Supply - Torula Yeast & McPhail Traps
ISCA - Torula Yeast & McPhail Traps
Alpha Scents Inc. - McPhail Traps
Better World US - Torula Yeast
​Scentry Biologicals - Methyl Eugenol Lures​

Where to Buy Hawaiian Avocados

Kane Plantation Avocados
Pomaika'i Avocado Farm
​​Kuni Farms

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