There are many things you can do to reduce your risk of a heat event occurring.
Understanding your risk from the Risk Analysis Program (RAP) is a good start. The RAP provides a method to determine what measures need to be in place for your site. For example, if the RAP indicates a risk of more than 2 extreme events per year you may decide to reduce your risk by installing shade or alternatively not run high-risk cattle genotypes at your feedlot during the summer months. You can find the Risk Analysis Program (RAP) by clicking here.
Preparing a Heat Management Plan and training your staff to identify the early signs of cattle experiencing heat stress can also reduce your risk of an event occurring. You can download the Cattle Panting Score reference guide and Cattle Observations Log from the Toolbox.
Monitoring the weather via your weather station and/or your forecast on your Site Summary page, and using the Daily Monitoring tool (coming soon) to keep track of conditions during the summer will also reduce your risk.
All these tools and more are available to CHLT account holders on the Toolbox page.