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Speaker 2 (00:16):
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.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Aloha, welcome to the
Livestock Bala'au, 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.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Shannon Sand.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
And today, in this
mini episode, we're going to
talk a little bit about what'sgoing on this month and some
events that are coming up bothhere in Hawaii and in the West.
So I think I'll start here withsome of the Hawaii program
updates.
So we have a few differentthings going on.
The first one is a poultrywebinar for poultry producers.
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It can be for 4-H members,students, backyard flock owners,
anyone that's interested inpoultry management.
It's going to be a three-daypoultry basics webinar series
starting September 17th throughthe 19th, from 10 to 1130 in the
morning, hawaii Standard Time,3 to 430 Central Time.
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It's going to be about an hourpresentations with about 30
minutes of Q&A.
Registration is required.
It's going to be on zoom andit's really going to cover like
poultry health and diseases forbackyard flocks, selling eggs
and food safety things, chickensin your garden and the
environment.
Um our guest speaker is drgregory archer from texas a&m
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university, um with myself andyou know, in bustamante who is
our other livestock extensionagent on Oahu, that will be
helping moderate the session.
So we'll put the link, ofcourse, for the registration
down there.
You do need to register becauseit's going to be on Zoom so you
won't get the links for Zoom,otherwise, if you have any
questions, again, of course youknow how to reach me.
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You know how to reach me.
Secondly, we're going to have asmall remnant health workshop.
We're going to talk a littlebit.
This is going to be over on theBig Island in Hilo, at the
Komohana Research and ExtensionCenter on Saturday, september
20th, from 9 to 3.30.
Again, registration is requiredfor this one, just so that we
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know how much folks are coming.
We will likely be offeringlunch as well, uh, for that one.
We're going to talk a littlebit about some basic small
remnant health fundamentalskeeping your animals health
healthy, talking about grazing,a little bit about grazing
management and parasite um,particularly internal parasite
control um, and some tools andtips and things that you can use
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to sort of evaluate the healthof your animals and the parasite
loads.
We'll be also talking a littlebit about first aid care for
your animals, so basic emergencycare for sheep or goats.
We may also have a few guestspeakers at this one.
We're still confirming, but I'mhoping to have them there as
well.
We'll have a hands-on portionin the afternoon so folks need
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to get from matcha certified umand we can talk a little bit
about some of the first aid care.
You know, I don't know if it'slike this on your end, shannon,
but here we do a lot deal with alot with um wild dogs coming in
through herds, so dog attacksum, fly strike, even animals
that get bloat um, and you knowjust the first aid.
You know things that you you'regoing to need to do with them
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before you can actually takethem to end.
Just get veterinary care andyeah some of it could be
life-saving for your animals.
So, um, just basic things thatyou could do at home and learn
um with your own animals.
Uh, and the third event werecently received funding
through the swine extensionoutreach program through the
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National Pork Board.
So one of the events that we'reputting on is a webinar series
looking at safeguarding Hawaii'sswine and building sort of
biosecurity and foreign animaldisease preparedness across the
islands.
So we are going to have awebinar series to start off this
program.
We eventually are going to havein-person workshops as well
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workshops as well but thewebinar series is going to be a
five part series where we cankind of start off by talking
about the industry and theproject itself and then talking
about other things as far as,like premise ID numbers and how
you get those.
We're going to have sessionsonline so we can directly help
and support people in applyingand submitting the forms and all
those things.
We'll also talk about thesecure pork supply plans, how
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you can develop that for youroperations, other programs such
as AgView for traceability,which is run through the
National Pork Board and itreally looks at movement records
and how you can use that as apart of your biosecurity plan
and not just movement of youranimals directly on your farm
but where it's going from thereand how you can use that as a
part of your biosecurity planand not just movement of your
animals directly on your farmbut where it's going from there
and how you can provide supportfor traceability if we do have
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foreign animal disease outbreaks.
And then the last part of thewebinar series is going to look
at the US Swine HealthImprovement Plan or US SHIP, and
really these series kind ofinterconnect with each other
because in developing thesesecure pork supply plans and
biosecurity for your farms, allall of these webinar series kind
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of connect to each other andit's the steps that you need to
sort of follow.
You know and we have seen.
You know, yes, we are isolatedsort of here in Hawaii.
Know sort of ish um, but withum, anything, yeah, anything can
come here.
You know, and we have such anenvironment where um it
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flourishes everything wants tosurvive, so yeah
everything.
You know.
Um, we recently got um highlypathogenic avian influenza here
in the islands, you know.
So looking at these foreignanimal disease outbreaks and how
we can improve our flocks, ourherds to be prepared, our
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producers to be prepared, isreally, I think, an important
part of our risk management andjust safeguarding our livestock
industry here in Hawaii, youknow.
So that's really sort of thegoal of that one.
I'll put more information and,of course, the links for that
registration down there.
We're just literally coveringall the species here today.
You are, you've got so much Iknow, there's so much going on,
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and so, and then also I wantedto share, you know, hawaii
Cattlemen's Council is havingtheir annual convention and
meeting.
It's taking place on the islandof Maui this year, november 13th
to the 15th.
They will also be holding ahands-on workshop at Ulupalakua
Ranch as part of theirconvention and annual meeting.
This is going to involve somelive demonstrations and there's
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room for some participants toactually actively participate in
there, as well as havingobservers.
So need to check their webs,their their links for this
registration to get on there inorder to do that, to be part of
that event as well, as well asthe Cadman's College.
That happens on the first dayof convention.
So very good information, Ithink, there.
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And lastly, I just wanted toshare and remind everyone
Department of Agriculture andBiosecurity again is reminding
livestock owners they mustre-register their brands between
September 1 and December 31 of2025.
In order to protect the rightsto their brands and your brands
that you're currently using,make sure you guys get your
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brands re-registered um, forhere in the state they're used
to identify livestock and theirowners and they must be
registered every five years.
So I'll put the link down belowregarding that as well and how
you can get more information andhow to do all of that.
And then, lastly, geez, I hadsix things on my list here,
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shannon.
So lastly, unfortunately we'veseen two lines bit of bug.
We've talked about it a lot umhere in hawaii um, and it's
mostly on the north kona side ofthe island.
It recently got confirmed downin the kahuku and glenwood area,
hawaii Island.
Um so they're wanting.
Just want to remind people.
You know it's a sort ofisolated populations right now,
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um, but it's, you know, spittlebug and things is likely going
to be moved from one location toanother, um, from with the eggs
right, it's typically going tostart from that egg population
or egg stage of the of theinsect, um, so being careful
about moving uh materials,whether it be plants or soil or
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green materials of some sortsome type of vegetation is you
know?
it's potential for them to getaround in there.
I mean, we've seen it with thecoconut rhinoceros beetle
getting from one spot to anotherin compost and um.
So be aware, if you're doingthat, you know, removing the mud
debris, try not to movematerial from two-line
spittlebug areas um that aregoing into areas that don't have
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it.
You know, um, it's been prettydevastating.
I think the last report I readis almost 180,000 acres that
it's impacted, you know.
So it can have a very badimpact in your grazing
operations.
So you know, get I'll put morelinks to talk a little bit about
how you can prevent the spreadof two line spittlebugs to other
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parts of the islands.
Um, it really is.
Um, you know, ourresponsibility as um land
stewards, right to ensure thatwhat we're, we're we're doing
the right things by um you know,everyone around us.
So yeah um, okay, I'll get offmy soapbox.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
That's all I got for
hawaii nice, I feel like mine
won't be nearly as long as yours.
So so we have returning to theranch, september 12th through
the 13th.
It's a workshop series wherethe whole family comes together,
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ideally.
So it does have a.
If you register before the Iwant to say the fourth, it's 75,
and after that it's 85 perperson and what it is is
basically it's a, a workshop,retreat, conference series,
whatever you want to call itwhere basically you bring the
whole family and you actuallysit down and over the two-day
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period you start the actual kindof transition planning of the
operation.
So if you're looking to passyour operation on to your kids
or whatever, it's an in-personone.
It's happening in north platte,here in ne, and it's, like I
said, it's a two day thing andit's right now, before before
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September 4th, it's 75.
But after it will be $85 perperson.
Generally we have four to likeeight member families kind of
come.
So ideally you know at leastthe husband and wife and then
the child that's coming back andhis spouse, if they have one, I
say his child, his spouse, itcould be her spouse.
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So whoever's coming back and Ihave also again, I've seen it
where ideally you want toinvolve as many people as you
can in this discussion.
The other thing is is there areprofessional mediators there,
there's attorneys there overthat two day period and it's
it's a guided workshop.
So it's a lot of time to planand have these discussions and
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if your family tends to be alittle rowdy, it's actually not
a bad idea because it is done inpublic, in a neutral location.
So, and it does again, thereare mediators there that can
help you know, kind of guide youas you go through this, because
some of these are very, youknow, taboo discussions amongst
family.
A lot of times nobody wants tothink about anybody dying.
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Nobody wants to talk about it,do they?
Your face says it all.
You're like no, so but it is animportant thing to talk about
because you know we want to makesure that everything is passed
on, that legacy remains andstuff.
So, and if that's not what youwant to do again, have those
discussions and talk about it.
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So the livestock risk insurancewebinars are now available free
on CAP.
It's a series of three so youcan go to capunledu and rewatch
those, but it has the intros andthe basics and examples of all
the different livestock riskinsurance options that are
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currently available.
So PRF, af, lrp, and then thenew weaned cap, risk protection,
wcrp.
So the Ag Budget Calculatorlivestock version we need to
remember to get Glenys on hereis now available for free for
the public to use.
Um, you do have to create yourown like username and login and
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stuff, but your data is your own.
Uh, no one has access to thatso and it is uh free to use for
anyone anywhere, cause I believethat is being used all over.
But yeah, so it launched.
And then the online farm financeand record keeping program is
now open to the public and it isan asynchronous online class
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for anyone who kind of wants toget a better understanding of
their farm financial records,basically, and kind of
understand what they are, howthey work.
So if you have questions aboutbalance sheets, cash flows,
income statements or P&Fs, it'sa good one to look at.
And then the webinar that isavailable for replay so it's
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already happened on the one bigbeautiful bill discussing
specifically ag related topicsand how they affect producers is
also available at capunledu,because I've had a lot of people
ask questions about things.
So we actually have like apolicy specialist that came in
and spoke about that, and DrBrad Lubin is the specialist, so
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he is really good and knowswhat he's talking about, has
been doing this for many, manydecades, so, again, an excellent
one to re-watch, because I feellike I I don't know that you've
gotten a lot of questions aboutit, but I've gotten enough that
I'm like I just keep referringthem to that webinar.
so yeah, yeah, I don't thinkit's something that's um talked
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about enough and you know untilyou have to right kind of a
thing as far as, yeah, umsuccession planning and um
whatnot, so make sure to followus on our social media pages the
livestock, vala al andlivestock extension group, if
you haven't already, be sure tovisit the uhC star extension
website and our youtube channellisted in the show notes yeah,
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Speaker 3 (15:18):
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Speaker 2 (15:25):
Thanks again for
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for the next episode yeah,thanks again to our sponsors the
livestock extension group ofthe university of hawaii, manoa
college of tropical agricultureand human resilience, the center
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for ag profitability of theuniversity of nebraskaLincoln
and the Western SustainableAgriculture Research and
Education Program.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Mahalo for listening
A hui hou, a hui hou.