LWP Mini S4 Ep8: Hawaii & West Upcoming Programs

What if a name change could redefine a mission? Join us on this episode of Livestock Walaʻau, where hosts Mele Oshiro and Shannon Sand share the exciting news about the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience's fresh new identity. Delve into the latest from Hawaii's livestock community, including details on the Livestock Forage Disaster Program applications for Honolulu and Kauai counties. Whether you're a seasoned farmer or new to agriculture, this episode offers a treasure trove of insights and actionable advice.

For listeners in Nebraska and beyond, there's no shortage of resources and opportunities to enhance your agricultural expertise. Explore the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's online Quicken course and the newly approved FSA borrower training program. Plus, get involved with the livestock custom rates survey and mark your calendars for a series of informative workshops on livestock risk management and landlord-tenant cash rent discussions. Each event is designed to equip you with the knowledge you need to succeed in today's ever-evolving agricultural landscape.

Episode Resources: 

• Custom rates survey for NE: https://cap.unl.edu/customrates/livestock 
• Cap Webinars: https://cap.unl.edu/webinars 
• Cap Website: https://cap.unl.edu/ 
• Hawaii FSA Programs: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Hawaii/programs

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Episode Transcript

Shannon (00:15):
Aloha.
Today's episode is sponsored bythe Livestock Extension Group
out of the University of HawaiiManoa College of Tropical
Agriculture and Human Resilience, the Center for Ag
Profitability out of theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln,
and the Western SustainableAgriculture Research and
Education.
Program.

Mele (00:32):
Aloha and welcome to the Livestock Wala'u, a podcast
aimed to provide educationalsupport, information, guidance
and outreach to our livestockstakeholders in Hawaii and the
rest of the US.
We are your hosts, mele Oshiroand Shannon Sand, and today
we're just going to talk alittle bit about what's going on
this month, sort of before webegin.
I just want to wish everyone ahappy holiday season.

(00:53):
I hope everyone takes some timeto enjoy your family, your
friends or just take some timefor yourself.
We all need to take some timefor ourselves.
Press the pause button for alittle while and I guess we'll
start with some Hawaii programupdates.
And first of all, I just wantto share with everyone if you
didn't hear Shannon our collegehas recently gotten a new name,

(01:17):
in a sense.
So we are now the College ofTropical Agriculture and Human
Resilience Some change that camebecause it aligns better with
our college goals and missionand something that's been in the
works for a while.
So it was officially announcedthat our college is now having a
new name.
So we're still CTAHR.
The R is just resilience now.

(01:40):
So I just want to share that andthe US Department of Farm
Service agencies now acceptingapplications for livestock
forage disaster program in, forthis is approved in Honolulu and
Kauai counties.
So this is for grazing lossesdue to drought.
So for LFP assistance for 2024,you need to apply by January

(02:00):
30th of 2025.
So be sure to go ahead andreach out to your local FSA
office and find out how to applyfor that if you've never done
it before.
Other counties were notannounced.
Yeah, so the two qualifyingcounties is Honolulu and Kauai
currently, so, and that's all Ihave for Hawaii right now.

Shannon (02:21):
Okay.
So for Nebraska and the rest ofthe West, we have well,
actually this is nationwide.
The online Quicken course isavailable for $20 a person we
recently launched for Nebraska.
We receive FSA borrowertraining approval for an online
campus course through Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln and the
Center for Ag Profitability.

(02:42):
We'll have that linked below.
That has all the informationand stuff.
So if you are a beginningborrower from FSA in the state
of Nebraska only at this pointand need borrower training, we
do have that option availableand it is again online, so it's
self-paced, which is really nice.
We are currently seeking peopleto fill out our livestock custom

(03:04):
rates survey.
So Nebraska does a livestockcustom rates survey every other
year, so this is only the secondtime it's been done, but we
found it to be very valuable anda lot of our producers really
like it.
So if you are a livestockcustom rates user or person who
conducts these, we would greatlyappreciate it if you could take

(03:24):
the time to fill this out andyou live in the state of
Nebraska.
We are having all kinds ofmeetings, lots and lots of them.
We have some livestock riskmeetings that cover things like
insurance options, how to createa risk management plan, all of
those fun things and those arebeing presented by the
University of Nebraska, lincolnCenter for Ag Profitability and
Nebraska Extension.

(03:45):
And we have well, the one thatby the time this goes out, we
will have one in Chadron onDecember 3rd from 530 to 730 pm
Mountain Time.
Scotts Bluff, december 4th, 530to 730 pm Mountain Time.
One in Clay Center, january21st 2025, 1030 am to 2 pm
Mountain Time.
One in Clay Center, january21st 2025, 1030 am to 2 pm

(04:07):
Central Time.
And then we have Landlord andTenant Cash Rent Workshop.
So if you are either a landlord, a tenant, someone who's worked
in real estate or interested init, or has a lot of questions
related to leases and landvalues and what you see the
trends currently being, this isa good workshop for you to come

(04:27):
to and visit.
So it is free to attend, butregistration is required for
each location.
I should say I forgot to saythat earlier.
For all of these programs theyare in person and you must
register in advance.
So for the landlord and tenantcash rent workshops, those are
December 4th in Alliance, from9.30 am to 12.30 pm Mountain

(04:49):
Time.
December 5th in Norfolk, thatis, 10.30 am to 2.00 pm Central
Time.
December 5th in Sydney from9.30 am to 12.30 pm Mountain
Time.
December 10th.
In Meade from 10.30 am to 2.00pm Central Time.
December 11th in Meade from10.30 am to 2 pm Central Time.
December 11th in O'Neill from 1to 4 Central.
December 12th in Wilbur from 1to 4 Central and then December

(05:12):
17th in Dakota City from 10.30am to 2 pm Central.
And then I will turn it over toMellie so she can talk about
our upcoming guests, becauseit's very exciting.

Mele (05:22):
Yeah, so we have a new ag finance extension agent at the
komohana research stationextension and research station
and songyi paik will be joiningus this month.
Um, we can talk story with herand excited to um have her come
on and share a little bit abouther background and her program,
um and sort of where she hopesto go.
So, yeah, I look forward totalking story with her.

Shannon (05:46):
Yeah, it should be a lot of fun, a lot of fun, yeah,
yes, and make sure to follow uson our social media pages of the
Livestock, valhalla andLivestock Extension Group, if
you haven't already.
Be sure to visit the UHC to ourextension website and our
YouTube channel listed in theshow notes.

Mele (06:01):
That's right.
For additional informationabout this or any other topics
or comments, send us an email atvalao at hawaiiedu, and thanks
for listening to the LivestockWalaau.

Shannon (06:12):
Yep, yep.
And before we go, show somelove to your favorite podcast by
leaving us a review anywhereyou listen to this, and then
stay tuned for the next episodethat's right.

Mele (06:21):
Thanks again to our sponsors.
The Livestock Extension Groupthat's right.
Thanks again to our sponsorsthe livestock extension group of
the university of hawaii, manoacollege of tropical agriculture
and human resilience, thecenter for ag profitability of
the university of nebraska,lincoln, and the western
sustainable agriculture researchand education program.
Mahalo for listening and happyholidays to everyone, ahui hou.