Sen Ruderman, where is the proof

[Richard Ha]

Aloha Haaheo;
Take a look at Jeff Melrose's snapshot of Big Island Ag. It puts things in perspective.
http://www.punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17738&whichpage=18.
Regarding the abuse of the system. You are right and I hear that the county will be cracking down on gentlemen farming. During the budget crunch of 2008, the crop reporting section at the dept of ag was gutted. Crop statistics is very important. hopefully we can restore the essential parts of that department. Mahalo for the questions.