Since 1992 over 52,000 ha of land were taken out of sugarcane production in Hawaii.  Most of these lands were converted into non-agricultural uses or remain fallow.  Livestock production is an efficient, low intensity agricultural system that is suited to utilizing these nutrient depleted lands.  Current soil remediation recommendations for tropical and sub-tropical soils in Hawaii were developed to maximize crop production and are not economical from a livestock production standpoint.  The objective of this research was to combine measures of soil quality, forage production and quality, animal production, and economic analyses to establish best management practices (BMPs) for the remediation of former sugarcane lands into sustainable forage systems.  Research sites were located in Hawaii and Kauai Counties and were comprised of 3 experimental blocks each.  The experimental design was a split-plot, randomized complete block with a factorial (3x3x2x2) arrangement four treatment factors: lime (3 levels; 0, 4.5, and 11.2 metric tons/ha), nitrogen (3 levels; 0, 182, and 365 kg/ha), legume seeding (Arachis sp. 2 levels; 0 and 14 kg/ha), and grazing (2 levels; grazed/ungrazed).  Soil analyses 6 months post-treatment indicated that the soil pH and fertility was significantly improved in the treated plots relative to the controls.  Total forage production was 2 and 3 times greater in the low and high N treatments relative to the control.  Production rates at the Kauai County site were twice as great as the site in Hawaii County.  Cattle offered free choice access to half of the research blocks grazed almost exclusively in the high and low N treated plots (75 and 60% utilization, respectively) while utilization of the untreated plots was less than 20% of the available forage.