Livestock Programs in Hawaii

Livestock Contacts

BIG ISLAND

Kamuela Extension Office

67-5189 Kamamalu Road
Kamuela, HI 96743

Mark Thorne (Assoc Specialist)

Kona Extension Office

79-7381 Mamalahoa Highway
Kealakekua, HI 96750

Melelani Oshiro (Extension Agent)

MAUI

Kahului Extension Office

310 Kaahumanu, Ave., Bldg. 214
Kahului, HI 96732

Kyle Caires (Extension Agent)

Molokai Extension Office

P.O. Box 394
Hoolehua, HI 96729
tel: (808)567-6929
fax: (808)5676933

KAUAI

Kauai Extension Office

State Office Building
306- Eiwa Street, Room 210
Lihue, HI 96766

Savannah Katulski

Kauai Livestock

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The Ewes Have It

Kyle Caires’ (HNFAS) project entitled “Characterization of Vaginal Tract Microbiota in Ewes Synchronized With Intravaginal Progesterone Implants,” a result of collaborative research...
Livestock Doubleheader

Kyle Caires (HNFAS) was focused on kids and animals for the weekend when he recently hosted two events on Maui, a small ruminant workshop for over 50 4-H youth and adults in Kula and a beef fitting...
Fibrous Feedstuff

Compared to the fattening up power of soybeans and corn, high-fiber animal feeds are often considered to be inefficient for optimal growth and production. But livestock producers may want to...
Taking Home a Bronze

The Hawai’i Sea Grant center was awarded a Bronze Telly Award for educational institution programming for its episode on some CTAHR programs and faculty. This episode of Voice of the Sea...
New Year, New Growth

As part of a collaboration between livestock Extension agent Kyle Caires and King Kekaulike High School’s Agricultural Program in Maui, Phase III of forage research and pasture trials started on...
Shell Gain

Members of two departments collaborated to publish a new study in the prestigious journal Nature Scientific Report. Co-authors Nirvay Sah, Birendra Mishra, and Rajesh Jha (all HNFAS) and Donna...
Composting Helps Water Quality

Extension agent Glen Fukumoto (HNFAS) recently returned from the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, where he was doing work on water quality and piggery systems as part of his...
Mama Cows

Livestock Extension agent for Kaua‘i County Savannah Katulski is offering a webinar, “Selecting Beef Replacement Heifers,” on Thursday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m. This webinar will focus...
Livestock Aloha

The 61st Annual Hawai‘i County 4-H Livestock Show and Sale was held at the Rocking Chair Ranch (aka Anderson Arena). It was the project conclusion for 40 youth who had been working for many...
Spittlebugs on the Move

Mark Thorne, in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, is quoted in a Hawaii News Now article about the invasive pest devastating Big Island pastures, the two-lined spittlebug....
More Livestock Marketing Online

Join livestock Extension agents Savannah Katulski and Melelani Oshiro and ag finance Extension agent Shannon Sand for the remaining three parts of the Online Livestock Marketing Series: Part 2, Using...
Molecular Nutrition

Dr. Kan Sato, a professor of Animal Nutrition at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, will be giving a special seminar on “Molecular Nutrition: Interaction of Nutrients,...
Oh Savannah!

Recent Kansas State University graduate Savannah Katulski has bid goodbye to her mainland friends and joined CTAHR as livestock and 4-H Extension faculty member for Kaua‘i county.
High Aspirations in Hainan

CTAHR and Hainan University have entered into an MOU establishing the Joint Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, which will be housed at the Hainan University campus. CTAHR faculty will work as...
New Grant for Sea Grant

Assistant research professor Andre Seale (HNFAS) is also a co-investigator in the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, which has received nearly $1.4 million to establish a new...
Outstanding for the Animals

Animal scientist, CTAHR alumnus, and retired HNFAS professor Jim Carpenter has received the 2018 Outstanding Alumni Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of...
Canadian is All-American

Animal Sciences major and Rainbow Wahine middle hitter Emily Maglio received American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American honors.
Fish Stress

Andre Seale (HNFAS) co-chaired a session and gave a talk at the 4th University of Hawai‘i–University of Tokyo Joint Symposium on Ocean, Coastal and Atmospheric Sciences hosted by SOEST UH...
How Tilapia Expend Their Energy

Andre Seale (HNFAS) co-authored a recent study on fish endocrinology, “Leptin Stimulates Cellular Glycolysis Through a STAT3-Dependent Mechanism in Tilapia,” published in Frontiers of...
Animal Health and Handling

Kyle Caires (HNFAS) wrapped up a productive year in livestock extension by hosting an animal health and handling workshop on Maui for more than 40 4-H youth and adults in early December at Kaonoulu...