James Woodford, PhD, PAS

The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Branch of ADSA and Midwestern Section of ASAS will be held March 15–17, 2010, at the Polk County Convention Center in Des Moines, Iowa. The program includes oral and poster scientific sessions, undergraduate student oral and poster competitions, graduate student oral and poster competitions, an Academic Quadrathlon, and a job resource center.

The Midwestern Section Annual Meeting is a traditional exposition of dairy and animal sciences research that supplements the annual FASS meetings held each summer. Informative symposia and invited speakers are also scheduled. A listing of presentations is available on the branch Web site.

Housing information and participating hotels can be found on the Web site, http://adsa.asas.org/midwest/2010/. The deadline for housing registration is February 17, 2010. We hope that you plan on attending the upcoming meeting. Please encourage colleagues and students to attend this important event.