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LWP Mini S5 Ep 7: Monthly Livestock Updates from Hawaii to Nebraska

• Melelani Oshiro & Shannon Sand • Season 5 • Episode 7

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We share fast, practical updates for livestock producers across Hawaii and Nebraska, from hands-on calving and grazing education to new tools for hiring, land decisions, and disaster recovery. We also point to flood and fire support resources and outline ways to stay connected with Extension as conditions change.

• Free calving and grazing management workshop at Mealani Research Station with hands-on learning and calving season decision points 
• Women in Ranching and Education activities and BQA certification opportunity at Parker Ranch 
• Flood recovery livestock health webinar
• Survey for documenting livestock impacts and veterinary care needs to support recovery 
• Hawaii Department of Agriculture Emergency Farmer Relief Grant link and other reporting options for agricultural losses 
• University of Hawaii associate dean of extension candidate stakeholder meetings with Zoom options 
• Nebraska Agricultural Labor Guidebook for ag hiring laws, templates, and compliance basics 
• Nebraska fire meeting dates with Extension, USDA partners, counseling resources, and rural response hotline 
• Upcoming webinars on land values, rental rates, stocking rates, and land management updates 
• Next episode Glennis McClure on the ABC Livestock Calculator

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Welcome And Sponsor Message

SPEAKER_00

Aloha. Today's episode is sponsored by the Livestock Extension Group out of the University of Hawaii, Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, and the Center for Ag Profitability out of the University of Nebraska.

Hawaii Calving And Grazing Workshop

Flood Aftercare Resources And Surveys

Extension Leadership Stakeholder Meetings

Nebraska Labor Guide And Fire Meetings

SPEAKER_01

Aloha and welcome to the Livestock Bala O, a podcast aimed to provide educational support, information, guidance, and outreach to livestock stakeholders in Hawaii and the rest of the U.S. We are your host, Melee Oshiro and Shannon Sand. And today in this mini episode, we're just going to talk about what's going on this month. Um, and we'll start, I guess, with our Hawaii updates as usual. Um, we have a cabbing and grazing management workshop that's gonna be happening at the Mayalani Research Station April 18th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It's gonna be a mix of hands-on and some presentation, looking at practical strategies for managing beef cattle during calving season and improving your grazing management and help support your bird's productivity and pasture health in your area, looking at some considerations for calving management and sort of you know what to do and what to watch for when you need to step in for assistance and all that stuff. So we did this last year. It's gonna be a little bit different speakers and a little bit more hands-on, is what we're gonna do. So that's happening April 18th. There is uh registration is required, it is free. So we'll share the link for that as well for you to sign up. And we also are working with American National Cattlewomen's when they are holding their regional meeting here in Hawaii with the Wired Group. It's the Women in Ranching and Education Group. And so we are gonna have they're having their program here, so you can visit their website. There is three days of activities and things. So if you are a cattlewoman out there and want to get involved, you can go ahead and take a look at that. But we are offering a BQA certification with that program on one of the days, April 29th, and that's over at Parker Ranch. So registration is pretty filled, filling up for that one. So I know there's a few spots left for the Hawaii participants. So you want to get on it to go and check that out. You do registration is required as well for that. If you have questions, of course, you can reach out to me as well. And I just wanted to touch a little bit, you know, we went through here in Hawaii two pretty significant weather events, the Kuanalo 1 and 2.0 that hit our islands and had some pretty heavy impacts across many of the islands, and Oahu and Maui and Moluquai got hit pretty hard. And a lot of the producers and livestock producers in those areas lost many things, along with many of the residents in there that were that got impacted. So prayers out to everybody that is in these areas that got impacted. For those that own livestock, we did hold a livestock health after the flood webinar, which is available for review on our livestock um Hawaii Livestock Extension YouTube channel. We did give some resources out there for producers and some programs that you know you can reach out to and talk a little bit about just kind of what to look for in your animals in regards to health and disease things that could be impacting them now or in the near future due to the impacts from the flood and the water levels and you know the mud and everything else that comes along with those weather events. So go ahead and look at that. There's also the PDF of the presentation that's available with the links to all the resources that we were shared during that webinar. You can contact myself or Yunuan Bastamanti. She's a Oahu County livestock agent. If you folks need help, you know, there's we've worked with some of the other uh local veterinarians there as well to help provide services for that. In in connection with that, we also developed a survey to look at the impact and veterinary care that is needed across some of these areas. We are looking at trying to get some funding so we can provide some resources and support for those that were impacted with the livestock producers that are out there. So I'll share the link for the survey. I think these surveys I know are sometimes can take time to fill out. It's a pretty short survey, but the information we get from it really helps us to continue to look for resources and the resources that are needed, right? I mean, we want to provide help in the way that we can. And this one way for us to capture some of the data and information so that we can provide resources that are useful for folks is by through these surveys. And there's been a few that have gone out. Another one is through the Agriculture Stewardship Foundation, looking at reporting economical loss and impact for anyone that's in the agriculture production realm, right? So that's another way for you to kind of get some support and help is by us getting that information out to our legislators and other agencies that are helping to provide. There are grants and funding that we can apply for so that we can help put out resources. So the other thing in relation to the flood flood was the Hawaii Department of Agriculture Emergency Farmer Relief Grant. I know it's it's a smaller amount, but a little bit can always help, right, for everybody. So the link for that is also there. I believe it's still open, but I will um share the link for you and you can reach out to those that are in working with that as well at our Department of Ag and Biosecurity. And lastly, another thing I just want to share that our university is conducting interviews for the associate dean of extension. So this person is our sort of leadership for our extension department and you know, all the agents that work under extension and have an extension time to them. So they are having stakeholder meetings for each different candidate. Um, they are doing it over Zoom as well as in-person. The in-person for the stakeholder meetings are happening on Hawaii Island. First candidate is Dr. Forster. Stakeholder meeting is on Hawaii Island on April 1st from 4:30 to 6 at the Komohana uh extension office in Kilo. It's also, as I said, going to be online. I will put the link um for you to register for or get on there for the Zoom if you want to listen in and provide any feedback. And our second candidate, Dr. Ching, is April 11th. And the times for every stakeholder meeting is all the same. So everything is from 4 30 to 6. Second one is again April April 8th. And Dr. Dara, who is um having their stakeholder meeting April 10th on Hawaii Island from 4:30 to 6. So I will share all of that. I think this person is an important part and works with our extension agents and whatnot. And we look for the input that we get from our stakeholders when we do needs assessments and providing programming for them that really meet what they um our stakeholders need. So providing that back and making sure that we have leadership in there that supports those things is quite important. So I will share all of that information and how you can get an access to all the events and things that I just shared. It will be in the show notes for this episode. And I will now hand it over to Shannon to give the updates of Nebraska in the West.

SPEAKER_00

Thank you so much, Melly. So you got a lot going on. I know. You got a lot going on. Yeah. All right. So in Nebraska, we have a few things happening in between April and kind of the beginning and middle of May. So first off, at the end of March, we had the publication of the Nebraska Agricultural Labor Guidebook. So basically, what that is is it's a essentially a guidebook to look at and know all the ag related laws in terms of labor for the state. And then also, we gave you some really good templates to follow and things like that. There's there's a bunch of examples in there. There's also if you're hiring someone, where can you go for additional resources on what questions can I ask, what questions can I not ask, things like that. So it's just a really good all-arounder guide for anyone that is hiring somebody. So it's it's a nice one. It's modeled off of the University of Missouri's ones. Very excited that that is getting published. So April 8th is well, we've had fires here in Melee. You guys have had lots and lots of wild weather. Uh we have as well. So April 8th in Arthur, we're gonna have a fire meeting. And April 9th, it will be in Brady, and April 10th, it will be in Oshkosh. We will have extension resources, USDA, FSA, and RCS will be there, as well as there will be counselors present if you or someone you know needs to talk to somebody, or if you need additional resources that we can't provide. The rural response hotline is available for those that need it. It's out there, and they they have additional help for financial, legal, and also again, mental health stuff. April 9th is a webinar on the 2026 preliminary land values and rental rates. So that will be really exciting seeing what's going on in the state land wise. April 16th, stocking rates 101, a webinar is happening, so it's matching livestock to grass. And then April 20th, we have our ABC office hours. We've had Glennis on here. I think we have Glennis on here just this month or this month, other on. Okay, the ABC office hours. So if you have questions about it or you want to know more about it, April 20th, Glennis has just an open office hours session where she does a Zoom link that's open to all pretty much. And then May 17th is uh land management quarterly, so it's going over again those leasing rates and things like that, what's currently happening in the state and in the region. So it's pretty, it's pretty fun, pretty important stuff.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, you guys got a lot going on too. And yeah, yeah. I think all of us's weather has not helped the situation. No, it's not, it's not, it's definitely not. Yes, but yeah, so stay tuned for this month's guests, um, Glennis McClure, who's gonna be talking about the ABC livestock calculator and the program that they have there. Very interesting, learned a lot, and I think it's an exciting tool to uh be able to have access to.

Upcoming Guest Tease And Wrap-Up

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, it's it's pretty cool. So make sure to follow us on our social media pages, the Livestock Valao and the Livestock Extension group if you haven't already. Be sure to visit the UHCTAR extension website and our YouTube channel listed in the show notes.

SPEAKER_01

That's right. For additional information about this or other topics or comments, send us an email at valau at hawaii.edu. And then thanks again for listening to the livestock balao.

SPEAKER_00

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SPEAKER_01

Yep, thanks again to our sponsors, the Livestock Extension Group of the University of Hawaii Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, and the Center for Ag Profitability of the University of Nebraska. Mahalo for listening. Awuiho. Awuiho,