Livestock for Beginning Farmers in Hawaii Pacific Gateway Center August 3, 2013 Matt Stevenson Assistant Extension Agent, Kauai County Livestock & Range Extension Programs Cooperative Extension Service College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
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Livestock for Beginning Farmersin Hawaii
Pacific Gateway CenterAugust 3, 2013
Matt StevensonAssistant Extension Agent, Kauai CountyLivestock & Range Extension Programs
Cooperative Extension ServiceCollege of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Brief History of Livestock in Hawaii
• Types of Livestock Farms
• Defining Values & Goals
• Record Keeping
• Problem Solving
• Bare Necessities
Overview
• ~300 – 750 AD - Polynesians bring hogs, chickens, and dogs
• 1778 – Captain Cook arrives with goats and sheep on Niihau
• 1793 – Captain Vancouver brings cattle
• 1803 – Richard Cleveland lands horses
• 1832 – Californian vaqueros train first paniolos to manage cattle
History of Livestock in Hawaii
“The demand for live hogs for exportation to California exceeds the production and hardly a vessel leaves for San Francisco that does not carry a deck load of grunters.”
• Reflects core values and informs public and employees what's important to your business
• Serves as a guidepost for decision making on the farm
“[To] keep livestock in the islands and deliver premium products locally”
Maui Cattle Company
http://ansci.cornell.edu/pdfs/pdmission.pdf
Mission
• Must align with core values
• Must be communicated to and accepted by everyone involved on the farm
"Our vision is to maintain and preserve for future generations the vast beauty and rich ranching traditions held by this corporation for over 100 years.”