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Kauai Agricultural Research Center (Kauai County )
Mailing address: 7370-A Kuamoo Road
  Kapaa, HI   96746
Contact: John R Gordines
Phone: (808)822-4984
Fax: (808)822-2190
E-mail: kapaa@ctahr.hawaii.edu

Brief description: The Kauai Extension and Agricultural Center is a large facility. The inventory of buildings includes a laboratory, field laboratory, office, storage building, two cottages, vehicle garage, tractor/storage area, two greenhouses and a potting shed. Several of the buildings are also used for laboratory purposes when needed. In addition, ARS has built two buildings and shares two State owned buildings.
Special events: field days
Crops in ground: taro, cucumber, bittermelon, tomato, sweet potato, pineapple, tree crops, heliconia, banana
Total acres: 260
Elevation (ft): 532
Annual rainfall (in): 98
Ave. Min. Temperature (°F): 68
Ave. Max. Temperature (°F): 78
Soil Series 1: Halii
Soil Order 1: Oxisols
Soil Family 1: Typic Gibbsihumox, clayey, ferritic, isothermic
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Last updated on 7/11/2006