AoR 190: Keoki Wood - Livestock Manager on Parker Ranch, Hawai'i

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Sep 24, 202600:40:44Science & Medicine

Parker Ranch is the oldest and biggest ranch on the island of Hawai'i and one of the top cow-calf operations in the country. Keoki Wood traces the ranch's history from John Palmer Parker's founding in 1847 and the arriva...

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