07-26-2018, 04:04 PM
Back in the days when sugar was king - the Federal Govt via USDA had hired my husband dismantle all the sugar cane camps from puna to Hamakua.Each cane camp was approx 10 acres.The sugar cane companies had a 100 year contract not to grow sugar as to much was being grown.The more cane camps that were dismantled the more acreage was out of production
As sugar dwindled and then closed the employes were offered a nice severance package of $ and 5 to 40 acre parcels of land which is now Kea'au Ag Lots .Many of the workers were of Filipino heritage When my husband retired from sugar they gave our ohana 40 acres in Glenwood at the very top of the cane lands.
The USDA to this day pays many types of farmers not to grow certain crops or artificially props up prices so Big Ag and small mom n pops stay viable .The 3 billion just approved is for the soy bean farmers just for this year due to China tariff tat for tat.
The land under mac nut as of 1960 was shipman.Maybe they sold that parcel since then - we do not care to speculate.
Shipman Industrial is the 2nd largest industrial in the entire state .Most is lease hold.
No subdivisions existed in Puna pre 1957......
Mrs.Mimosa
As sugar dwindled and then closed the employes were offered a nice severance package of $ and 5 to 40 acre parcels of land which is now Kea'au Ag Lots .Many of the workers were of Filipino heritage When my husband retired from sugar they gave our ohana 40 acres in Glenwood at the very top of the cane lands.
The USDA to this day pays many types of farmers not to grow certain crops or artificially props up prices so Big Ag and small mom n pops stay viable .The 3 billion just approved is for the soy bean farmers just for this year due to China tariff tat for tat.
The land under mac nut as of 1960 was shipman.Maybe they sold that parcel since then - we do not care to speculate.
Shipman Industrial is the 2nd largest industrial in the entire state .Most is lease hold.
No subdivisions existed in Puna pre 1957......
Mrs.Mimosa