Livestock thermal stress management: Webinar 3

Livestock thermal stress – chill and heat – is a complex issue that can impact your livestock and your business in ways you may never have realised. How we manage our livestock during vulnerable periods can either have a positive or negative impact on livestock productivity and business profits well beyond the actual event. Can you afford not to learn about livestock thermal stress?

This innovative learning series, the first of its kind in Australia, will include three weekly 1-hour webinars that will be followed up with practical and interactive field days.

Webinar dates (12:00pm–1:00pm AEST):

🔹 Webinar 1: Tuesday 29 July 2025
🔹 Webinar 2: Tuesday 5 August 2025
🔹 Webinar 3: Tuesday 12 August 2025

The practical field days are open to those who register for the webinar series. All webinars will be recorded and sent to you if you cannot attend any or all of the sessions. The field days will include on-property discussions with experts and include practical tools and strategies to help you manage livestock before, during, and after heat and chill events. We will show you practical strategies to mitigate livestock thermal stress before it costs you!

Field day locations:

Tuesday 19 August – ‘Springleigh’ Blackall QLD kindly hosted by the Banks Family
Thursday 21 August – ‘Athlone’ Meandarra QLD kindly hosted by Condabri Beef

Future field days will be planned around locations of interest based on webinar registrations.

Key presenters:

Dr Angela Lees, UQ Gatton
Professor John Gaughan, UQ Gatton
Dr Kieren McCosker, UQ Gatton
Dr Tim Cowan, NACP/BOM

What you’ll learn:

✅ How livestock regulate their body temperature
✅ Triggers of thermal stress and how to manage them
✅ Tools and climate forecasts to support smart decisions
✅ Practical, low-cost ways to reduce risk and protect animal welfare
✅ Improve productivity and profitability with better planning
✅ Prepare now for spring and summer heat

🔗 Register now: https://qrco.de/NACP

The Northern Australia Climate Program (NACP) would like to acknowledge the support of the University of Queensland and the SQNNSW Innovation Hub in co-delivering the Livestock Thermal Stress Learning Series.