A Natural Resources Conservation Service engineer demonstrated ways to estimate soil moisture during an Irrigation Water Management workshop on Kauaʻi . The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources ( CTAHR ) Cooperative Extension has received a $743,667 boost from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) to provide language-appropriate outreach to Thai, Lao, Ilocano, Chinese and other immigrant farmers. Funding is made through the USDA Office of Partnership and Public Engagement's Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers program, also known as the 2501 program.

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