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Livestock for Beginning Farmers in Hawaii Pacific Gateway Center August 3, 2013 Matt Stevenson Assistant Extension Agen

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 Farmers in Hawaii Pacific Gateway Center August 3, 2013 Matt Stevenson Assistant Extension Agen

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  1. 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

  2. Overview • Brief History of Livestock in Hawaii • Types of Livestock Farms • Defining Values & Goals • Record Keeping • Problem Solving • Bare Necessities

  3. History of Livestock in Hawaii • ~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

  4. 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.” --Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society, 1853 Berkshire cross, Kaonoula Ranch, Maui ~1929

  5. 2,704 mi 3,801 mi 2,584 mi 4,625 mi 5,901 mi SF to DC = 2,500 miles

  6. Hawaii’s Livestock Industries $54 Million* Farm Gate Value Dairy ($8.8 M) Hogs ($3.7 M) Generating $162 Million in Hawaii’s Economy Poultry ($8.8 M) Beef ($33.0 M) *HASS, 2012; Slide by G. Fukumoto

  7. Hawaii’s Livestock Industries NASS 2012

  8. Number of Livestock Operations1999 to 2008 2008 0 100% 2 80% 5 55% 21 (‘04) 30% 9 18% 1,100 (’07) 38% 343 (’07) 82% 394 (’07) 283% 1999 • Broiler 5 • Dairy 10 • Layer 11 • Swine 30 • Processors 11 • Cattle 800 • Goats 189 (’02) • Sheep 103 (’02) Slide adapted from G. Fukumoto

  9. Modern Livestock Farms

  10. Modern Livestock Farms

  11. Modern Livestock Farms

  12. Modern Livestock Farms

  13. Modern Livestock Farms

  14. Modern Livestock Farms 1929 2007

  15. Values – Mission – Vision – Goals • Values - What is important to me? Why? • Mission - Why does my farm exist? • Vision - Where is my farm going? • Goals - How will I get there? When? http://ansci.cornell.edu/pdfs/pdmission.pdf

  16. Core Values Beliefs http://ansci.cornell.edu/pdfs/pdmission.pdf Attitudes Behavior Skills

  17. Core Values Prioritize: • Traditional Lifestyle • Business Efficiency • Industry Leader • Employee Safety • Environmental Stewardship • Animal Welfare • Family Harmony

  18. Mission • Broad statement of your farm purpose • 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

  19. Vision • 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.” Haleakala Ranch, Maui

  20. SMART Goals Specific - Dates, resources, dollar amounts Measurable - Dates, dollars, animals Attainable - Start where you are Resources - What do you have? Timeline - When? http://www.extension.org/pages/11229/what-are-smart-goals

  21. What do you want? What do you have? What is the weakest link? Can you get there from here? No Reevaluate goals Yes No Are you willing to get there? Yes Do you need to modify facilities? No Yes Monitor progress Improve infrastructure Begin on issues that respond most and quickest

  22. Example: New Meat Goat Farm Family time, fulfilling work, self-employment To produce healthy meat at a profit Enrich ties to the land while producing good food Net $25,000 from goat sales by end of second year Values Mission Vision Goals

  23. What do you want? What do you have? What is the weakest link? Can you get there from here? No Reevaluate goals Yes No Are you willing to get there? Yes Do you need to modify facilities? No Yes Monitor progress Improve infrastructure Begin on issues that respond most and quickest

  24. Record Keeping • Measure progress towards goals • Right info - What time is it? Four miles • Cost of Production

  25. Cost of Production

  26. Cost of Production

  27. Problem Solving • Education • Classes • On farm experiments • Neighbors and Industry Groups • When to ask for help • Where to go for help • Know your veterinarian! • CTAHR Extension

  28. Bare Necessities • Shelter • Good fences & gates • Water • Feed • Time • Know and meet your market’s needs • Adaptability

  29. Questions & Discussion ???

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