I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻokumu ke Kulanui ʻo Texas Tech i ke Koleke oKauka holoholonaE lawelawe ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina a me nā kaiāulu ʻāpana ma Texas a me New Mexico me nā lawelawe holoholona holoholona i nele i ka lawelawe ʻia.
I kēia Lāpule, e loaʻa i nā haumāna makahiki mua he 61 ke kēkelē Kauka Lapaʻau Holoholona mua loa i hāʻawi ʻia e ke Kulanui ʻo Texas Tech, a e puka ana he 95 pakeneka o lākou e hoʻokō i kēlā pono. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hele aku ka hapalua o nā haumāna puka i nā hana e hoʻopiha ana i ka nele o nā kauka holoholona ma ke komohana o Interstate 35.
"He mea nui loa ia e hana ana kēia mau haumāna ma kahi hana kahi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau holoholona no ka manawa lōʻihi," wahi a Kauka Britt Conklin, ke kumu hoʻohālike no nā papahana lapaʻau. "ʻOi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o ia ma mua o ka hana nui ʻana i nā haumāna ma kahi laina hōʻuluʻulu. Ke kau nei mākou i kēia mau haumāna puka ma nā kūlana kahi e pono ai lākou."
Ua alakaʻi ʻo Conklin i kahi hui e hoʻomohala i kahi makahiki lapaʻau i ʻokoʻa mai ka haukapila aʻo kuʻuna i hoʻohana ʻia e nā kula holoholona ʻē aʻe. E hoʻomaka ana i Mei 2024, e hoʻopau nā haumāna i 10 mau internship ʻehā pule ma waena o nā hoa internship he 125 ma Texas a me New Mexico.
ʻO ka hopena, kokoke i ka 70% o nā haumāna puka e hoʻolimalima ʻia e kā lākou mau hoa hana a kūkākūkā i kahi uku kiʻekiʻe ma ko lākou lā mua o ka hana.
"E hoʻohui koke lākou i ka waiwai, no laila ua hauʻoli loa wau i ka ʻike ʻana ua mālama maikaʻi ʻia lākou i ke kaʻina hana hoʻolimalima a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana," wahi a Conklin. "Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me nā mākau ʻoihana o nā haumāna āpau ma mua o nā mea i manaʻo ʻia. Ua ʻimi kā mākou mau hoa hana internship i nā ʻano huahana like ʻole, a ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e hāʻawi aku ai - ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina a me nā ʻāina. Ua hoihoi loa kā lākou pane, a ke manaʻolana nei lākou e ʻike i nā huahana hou aʻe e like me kēia i ko mākou hoʻomau ʻana i ka holomua."
E noho ʻo Elizabeth Peterson ma Hereford Veterinary Clinic, āna i wehewehe ai ʻo ia ke "wahi kūpono" no ka poʻe e ʻimi nei e hana ma ka lāʻau lapaʻau holoholona hānai holoholona.
"ʻO kaʻu pahuhopu ma ke ʻano he kauka holoholona, ʻo ia ke hōʻike i nā ʻāpana āpau o ka ʻoihana pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana pū no ka mea hoʻokahi kā mākou pahuhopu," wahi āna. "Ma Texas Panhandle, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe pipi ma mua o ka heluna kanaka, a ke manaʻolana nei au e hoʻohana i koʻu ʻike ma mua ma ka ʻoihana hoʻopili pipi e kōkua i ke kāpili ʻana i ka hakahaka ma waena o nā kauka holoholona, nā kahu pipi a me nā mea nona ka hale hānai ʻoiai wau e hoʻolōʻihi nei i ka manawa ma aneʻi."
Hoʻolālā ʻo Peterson e komo i ka noiʻi e like me ka hiki a e hana pū me ka Texas Livestock Feeders Association a me ke Komisina Ola Kino. E lawelawe pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo i nā haumāna kauka holoholona a ma ke ʻano he hoa hana.
ʻO ia kekahi o nā haumāna makahiki ʻehā i loaʻa ka manawa kūpono e hoʻohana i ke Kikowaena Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Halemai Holoholona ʻo Hereford. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kikowaena e hāʻawi i nā haumāna kauka holoholona makahiki ʻehā me nā hiʻohiʻona maoli o nā holoholona ʻai ʻoiai e mālama ʻia ana e nā kumu. ʻO ka manawa kūpono e aʻo i nā haumāna e like me Kauka Peterson he ʻike uku nui nona.
"He mea nui loa ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o Texas Tech i nā haumāna e hāʻawi hou aku i ke kaiāulu," wahi āna. "Ua koho lākou i nā haumāna e like me aʻu i kūpaʻa i kā lākou mau pahuhopu a me nā kuleana."
He kōkua kauka holoholona ʻo Dylan Bostic ma ka Halemai Holoholona ʻo Beard Navasota ma Navasota, Texas, a e holo ʻo ia i kahi hana kauka holoholona hui ʻia. ʻO ka hapalua o kāna mau maʻi he ʻīlio a me nā pōpoki, a ʻo ka hapalua ʻē aʻe he bipi, hipa, kao, a me nā puaʻa.
"Aia ka nele o nā kauka holoholona ma nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina a me nā kaiāulu ʻāina ma ka ʻākau o Houston e hiki ke lawelawe i nā holoholona mahiʻai," wahi āna. "Ma Beard Navasota, hele mau mākou i nā mahiʻai i hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa ka mamao e hāʻawi i ka mālama holoholona no nā holoholona no ka mea ʻaʻohe kauka holoholona kokoke e loea i kēlā ʻano holoholona. Manaʻolana wau e hoʻomau i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kēia mau kaiāulu."
I kāna hana lapaʻau ma ka Halemai ʻo Beard Navasota, ua ʻike ʻo Bostic ʻo kāna hana punahele ka hele ʻana i nā wahi hānai holoholona e kōkua i nā bipi. ʻAʻole wale ʻo ia e kūkulu i nā pilina ma ke kaiāulu, akā kōkua pū ʻo ia i nā mea hānai holoholona e lilo i poʻe noʻonoʻo pono a hoʻolālā.
"ʻO ka hānai pipi, inā he wahi hānai holoholona, he nānā hope, a i ʻole he hana bipi-keiki, ʻaʻole ia he hana nani loa," ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia. "Eia naʻe, he hana uku nui ia e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa kūpono e lilo i ʻāpana o kahi ʻoihana kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kūkulu i nā pilina a me nā pilina aloha e mau loa."
I mea e hoʻokō ai i kāna moeʻuhane o kona wā kamaliʻi, ua hana ʻo Val Trevino ma ka Halemai Holoholona ʻo Borgfield, kahi keʻena lapaʻau holoholona liʻiliʻi ma ke kaona ʻo San Antonio. I loko o kona makahiki o ka hana lapaʻau, ua loaʻa iā ia ka nui o ka ʻike i hoʻokumu i ke kahua no kāna mālama ʻana i nā holoholona a me nā holoholona laha ʻole i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
"Ma Gonzales, Texas, kōkua wau i ka kaohi ʻana i ka heluna pōpoki hele hewa ma ka hoʻohemo ʻana iā lākou a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā lākou i ko lākou mau kaiāulu maoli," wahi āna. "No laila, he ʻike maikaʻi loa ia."
ʻOiai ma Gonzales, ua hana ikaika ʻo Trevino ma ke kaiāulu, e hele ana i nā hālāwai Lions Club a me nā hanana ʻē aʻe. Ua hāʻawi kēia iā ia i ka manawa kūpono e ʻike pono i ka hopena āna i manaʻolana ai e hana ma hope o ke puka ʻana.
"Ma nā wahi a pau a mākou e hele ai me nā kauka holoholona, hele mai kekahi iā mākou a haʻi i nā moʻolelo e pili ana i nā holoholona a lākou i kōkua ai a me ke kuleana koʻikoʻi a lākou e pāʻani ai i loko o ke kaiāulu - ʻaʻole wale ma ka lāʻau lapaʻau holoholona, akā ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe he nui," wahi āna. "No laila ke manaʻolana nei au e lilo i ʻāpana o ia mea i kekahi lā."
E hoʻonui ʻo Patrick Guerrero i kona ʻike a me nā mākau lio ma o kahi hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻololi hoʻokahi makahiki ma Signature Equine ma Stephenville, Texas. A laila hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻike i kona kūlanakauhale hānau ʻo Canutillo, Texas, a wehe i kahi keʻena kelepona.
"ʻOiai au ma ke kula holoholona, ua ulu koʻu hoihoi nui i ka lāʻau lio, ʻo ia hoʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau haʻuki/hoʻokele ʻōʻopa," wahi āna. "Ua lilo au i mea hana holoholona e hana ana ma ka ʻāina ʻo Amarillo a hoʻomau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i koʻu mau mākau ma ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau internship holoholona i koʻu manawa kaʻawale i nā kauwela ma waena o nā kau."
Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Guerrero i kona wā kamaliʻi, ʻo ke kauka holoholona nui kokoke loa ma Las Cruces, New Mexico, ma kahi o 40 mau minuke ka mamao. Ke komo nei ʻo ia i ka papahana bipi kāne kalepa ʻo Future Farmers of America (FFA) a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he paʻakikī i nā holoholona nui ke hele i kahi kauka holoholona, a ʻaʻohe wahi halihali i koho ʻia no ka hoʻoiho ʻana i nā bipi a i ʻole nā lio.
"I koʻu ʻike ʻana i kēlā, ua manaʻo wau, 'Pono koʻu kaiāulu i ke kōkua me kēia, no laila inā hiki iaʻu ke hele i ke kula kauka holoholona, hiki iaʻu ke lawe i kaʻu mea i aʻo ai a hāʻawi hou aku i koʻu kaiāulu a me nā kānaka ma laila,'" wahi āna. "Ua lilo ia i kaʻu pahuhopu mua loa, a i kēia manawa ua kokoke wau i ka hoʻokō ʻana."
Kaomi ma aneʻi e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i nā haumāna 61 e loaʻa i kā lākou kekelē DVM mai ke Kulanui ʻo Texas Tech, ʻo ka hapakolu o lākou he mau haumāna hanauna mua.
E hana lākou i ka mōʻaukala ma ke ʻano he poʻe puka mua o ke kula kauka holoholona ʻelua o Texas, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma mua o hoʻokahi kenekulia i hala aku nei a ʻo ia kekahi o nā papahana lapaʻau kauka holoholona he 35 ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
E mālama ʻia ka ʻaha hoʻonaʻauao puka ma ka Lāpule, Mei 18, i ka hola 11:30 am ma ka Lumi Hālāwai o ke Kikowaena Kivila o Amarillo. E hele mai ana nā hoaaloha a me ka ʻohana e hoʻolohe i nā mea haʻiʻōlelo malihini, me ke poʻo o ke Kulanui o ka Lapaʻau Holoholona ʻo Guy Loneragan, ka Pelekikena o ke Kulanui ʻo Texas Tech ʻo Lawrence Schovanec, ke Kuhina Nui o ka ʻōnaehana o ke Kulanui ʻo Texas Tech ʻo Tedd L. Mitchell, ka Pelekikena Emeritus o ka ʻōnaehana o ke Kulanui ʻo Texas Tech ʻo Robert Duncan, a me ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Texas ʻo Greg Abbott. E hele pū mai ana nā mea hana kānāwai mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe.
"Ke kakali nei mākou a pau i ka ʻaha hoʻonaʻauao mua," wahi a Conklin. "ʻO ia ka hopena o ka hana hou ʻana i nā mea āpau, a laila hiki iā mākou ke hoʻāʻo hou."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-26-2025