PDS Updates webinar series: Optimising weaning age – Insights and outcomes from the PDS

 Key Details:

• Date: Thursday 30 April 2026 
• Time: 12pm AEST / 10am WA / 11:30am SA/NT​ 
• Duration: 45 mins 

Age of weaning is an important driver of cow condition, calf growth and whole-herd efficiency – but the relationship isn’t always linear, and outcomes can vary depending on season, feedbase and management. 

As the MLA-funded ASHEEP & BEEF Inc ‘Optimising age of weaning in cattle’ PDS reaches practical completion, we’re hosting this webinar to share a clear and concise wrap-up of the project’s results. 

Veterinarian and PDS facilitator Dr Enoch Bergman and lead producer Nick Ruddenklau will summarise the key findings, including: 

• measurable outcomes from calves weaned at different ages 
• effects on cow body condition, fertility and rebreeding the influence of season and feedbase constraints on weaning decisions
• management considerations, risks and operational impacts
• practical recommendations supported by the project’s data.

 Who should attend?

• Cattle producers 
• Mixed-enterprise producers 
• Farm managers, overseers and advisers.