Director David Phelps and Knowledge Broker Rachel Hay attended the Northern Beef Research Update Conference (NBRUC) in Darwin last week. David was invited to chair the session “Cooking with catastrophe as your sous-chefs: Droughts and Flooding rains” which included discussions on heat stress on cattle, the effect of climate indices and humidity in animal management and practices, weather effects on water intake by cattle and long term stocking strategies.

James Cook University Agronomy Lecturer Chris Gardiner received the North Australia Beef Research Council Scientist/Researcher Medal in recognition of his work over the course of more than 30 years in advancing pasture improvement in the north Australian beef industry. NBRUC 2023 marks over 30 years of continually improving profitability, resilience and sustainability for the northern Australia beef industry.