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Q: Tell us about your cow-calf operation.

A: I’ve been a full-time rancher since 2006. A guy from Maui, Peter Baldwin, bought a purebred Angus herd out of Colorado, and I bought the herd from him. We run about 700 mother cows.

Q: As a Hawaiian native, do you agree with the rest of the world that you live in paradise?

Hallelujah and hello! Of course this is paradise. Hawaii is the closest thing to Heaven. We average about 80 to 85 degrees year round. In the wintertime it might get down to 60 or 65,

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