Disaster Help For Livestock Producers

We share rapid updates and practical resources for livestock producers navigating disaster recovery after floods and fires, including where to watch key webinars and what help may be available. We also flag upcoming meetings and learning opportunities, plus a preview of a future guest focused on small ruminant production and reproduction.
• Livestock Health After the Flood webinar on the UH Livestock Extension YouTube channel plus the PDF link
• Animal health concerns to watch for after flooding and where to find recovery resources
• Hawaii Sheep And Goat Association annual meeting details and topics like grazing management and dairy health
• Hawaii range camp in Maui for students interested in ranching and land stewardship
• Emergency cattle feed fund and USDA disaster assistance options including LIP, ELAP, drought assistance, and forage support
• After-fire recovery webinar recordings from FSA and NRCS plus after-fire tax considerations at cap.unl.edu
• Reminder to contact local FSA and USDA agents quickly due to limited funds and tight deadlines
• Upcoming guest Randy Sayner on small ruminant production and reproduction

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Transcript

Welcome And Sponsors

SPEAKER_01 0:16

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

Flood Health Webinar And Local Events

Fire Recovery Webinars And Deadlines

SPEAKER_00 0:30

Welcome to the Livestock Palau, 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 hosts, Melee Osheru and Shannon Sand. And today in our mini episode, we're just going to talk a little bit about what's going on this month and share some updates of things that we had in the past. But I do want to remind everyone that we do have the Livestock Health After the Flood webinar, which has been put onto our University of Hawaii Livestock Extension YouTube channel. And the webinar covers different topics across animal health and resources following the topics after the flood. So different things that you can be looking for in your animals as far as health concerns and different disaster assistance programs and then contacts for your local FSA offices and things there. So if you haven't seen that, that is there. There's also the link for the PDF that was shared as well. So there's good information in there. I also want to say that there is the Hawaii Sheep and Goat Association's annual meeting, June 6th, which is going to happen at the Kumohana Research and Extension Center in Hilo. The registration should be coming out for that soon. And we have some topics talking about grazing management, dairy health in your sheep and goats, as well as some of the updates on the egg crimes and new bills that came out through the legislature this uh season and some other good stuff. So look for that as well. And you can I'll put the link of where you can find that on their website that's been that's in the process of being updated as well. Also, want to share that the range camp that's held by the Hawaii Rangeland Stewardship Foundation, Cataman's Hawaii Cataman's Council, NRCS, USDA, and um Nakulu Hawaii is going to be happening in Maui this year, July 6th to the 10th. It's an opportunity for 8 to 12 graders to go out and learn more about the ranching industry, about stewardship for our lands and some other skills. So if you are interested in that in agriculture or natural resources, it's a great opportunity. And if you're getting ready to graduate from high school and going into further your studies, great opportunity to kind of get exposed to some of the things that you can do and still stay home here in Hawaii. So um there's also the emergency cattle feed fund that is available as well for producers. It is closing pretty quickly because the deadline was May 8th. But you can um look at that in if you provided or had to purchase feed in response to the two Kwonalo storms that came through our islands. There is some feed resource for you. Um, and also is there's other USDA disaster assistance programs that have come available as well post the flooding events that um occurred. So the livestock indemnity program as well as ELAP is available. So, best thing to do is contact your local FSA office and get in touch with that representative for your area, and they typically will be able to tell you more about the programs that are available at that time because the drought assistance and the forage program is the other one that also has come available as we have been um gotten that certification for the drought assistance. And I think that's all I have for right now. Shannon, hand it over to you.

SPEAKER_01 3:49

Okay, so mine is just as exciting as Melly's, except instead of floods, we had fires. So we have recordings of our webinars from FSA and NRCS discussing after fire recovery programs that are available for producers in the state. Cap.unl.edu. That's uh center for ag profitability. And there's also an upcoming webinar on after-fire tax considerations that you can watch the recording of. That's also gonna be at cap.unl.edu. And ABC office hours will be happening online May 13th at noon central time. And then May 17th, we're gonna have our land management quarterly, and they're gonna be going over the preliminary 2026 land values and rental rates that recently just came out. So again, we both have very, very depressing webinars available, but they're really, really important for our producers. So make sure you spread the word, check them out. If you need them, really go in and see your FSA or USDA local agent. That's really important at this point in time because I don't know if you are like we are, there's only X amount of dollars available. And you know, the dead deadlines as well.

SPEAKER_00 5:03

That's the other thing. Like some of the deadlines come up pretty quick because they're some are within 30 days of the end of the incident. So it's yeah, so yes, if you don't have time to watch the webinar, just get in touch with your local agent for FSE or you're seeing that's that's really important.

SPEAKER_01 5:17

I we want to make sure that everybody can get as much of the help as they humanly possibly can. So yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:25

And also I want to say that if you're here in Hawaii Island and it's not something that you need the federal funds for, but hey, you got impacted and you just need some general livestock guidance on things to do, animal health or whatnot, you're also welcome to reach out to me. And I that's what we're here for to help in that end too.

SPEAKER_01 5:42

So yes, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 5:45

Yeah. And our upcoming guest this month is Mr. Randy Sayner, who is a livestock educator with the University of Nebraska. Um, he's been on our podcast before and graciously accepted to come on again. Um, but we'll be talking, we talked with him about some small ruminant um production and reproduction things. So um, you have to listen in for that. I think it was a great his great opportunity to talk with him again about small ruminants where is a big part of his background.

SPEAKER_01 6:13

So talk with him. Yep. So that will be exciting. So make sure to follow us on our social media pages, the Livestock Val Ow 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_00 6:32

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

SPEAKER_01 6:41

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SPEAKER_00 6:48

That's right. 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. Awwihall. O'Wihole.