LWP Mini S5 Ep 5: Women In Ranching, Grazing Workshops, And Western Ag Events

Quick updates on Hawaii and Western ag: WIRED and BQA in Hawaii, grazing for fuel reduction, Nebraska workshops on leases, budgeting, and Women in Ag, plus a preview of an invasive species guest. We share dates, links, and how each event can boost animal care, pasture health, and ranch profits.

• WIRED and ANCW Region VI meeting in Hawaii - April 27-29, 2026
• Grazing workshop on fuel load reduction with Kailapa Community Association - February 20 & 21, 2026 *more details coming soon*
• Nebraska land lease workshops and budgeting sessions in February
• Women in Ag Conference in Kearney 
• Upcoming Guest -Jaime Miller from OISC

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Sponsors And Purpose

SPEAKER_00 0:14

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, the Center for Ag Profitability out of the University of Nebraska.

SPEAKER_01 0:27

Aloha, welcome to the Livestock Fall Ow, 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, Meli Oshiro, and Sand.

Hawaii Program Updates

SPEAKER_01 0:41

And today in this mini episode, we're just gonna give you some quick updates about what's going on this month. Um, so let's start with our Hawaii programs. Uh, the first one I think I want to share is the American National Cattle Women are whole the first one is the American National Cattlewomen are holding their region six um and Wired meeting in Hawaii. So if you're not familiar with Wired, that's the women in ranching education and development group, um, which is sort of branched off of the American National Cattle Women's or ANCW. You do not need to be a member in order to um participate, and that is gonna happen April 27th through the 29th. So it's got a couple months for that one, but I did want to share that that's gonna be coming up and the registration and all that information will be at the links in our um show notes. We are gonna be offering a BQA certification on one of the days. So that's gonna be on the third day of the program, April

Grazing Workshop And Fire Fuel Reduction

SPEAKER_01 1:51

29th. So do check out the links for more details. We'll share all that with you. And then this month, uh February 20th and 21st, we're gonna be holding a grazing management workshop talking a little bit about starter livestock management in some of the areas and how you can use that in like urban areas um to help reduce fire fuel loads and things like that. And this is with the Kailapa Community Association down in Kauai High. So if you're interested, also we'll include the details for that as well. That's all I got for Hawaii right now. Sounds good.

SPEAKER_00 2:25

Sounds good. I gotta be honest, the Women and Egg One sounds like really a lot of fun. So

Nebraska And Western Ag Events

SPEAKER_00 2:31

yeah. So in Nebraska and the rest of the West, we have land lease workshops continuing throughout February. You can visit cap.unl.edu to see where those locations are actually at. February 4th, in Binkelman and Imperial, personal and family budgeting workshops are taking place. And then women and ag related as well, at the end of February, February 26th through 27th, we have Nebraska's Women in Ag conference located in Kearney, Nebraska. That'll be a lot of fun. There's a bunch of speakers coming in, lots of chances for education and different workshops and breakout sessions to see.

SPEAKER_01 3:07

So that sounds fun.

Upcoming Guest: Invasive Species Focus

SPEAKER_01 3:10

Cool, and our upcoming guest this month is gonna be Jamie Miller from OISC or the Oahu Invasive Species Committee. She'll be talking a bit about the group and what they do and um some other important things that we should know about different plants and things that are out there. Um, and some contacts for those guys. So you have to tune in for that information.

SPEAKER_00 3:32

Sounds like fun. Sounds like fun.

Social Links And Contact

SPEAKER_00 3:35

So, well, 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 UHC Tar extension website and our YouTube channel listed in the show notes. There's all kinds of exciting stuff there.

SPEAKER_01 3:49

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Reviews, Thanks, And Closing

SPEAKER_00 4:00

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SPEAKER_01 4:10

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. Awe house, I