This year’s ARPAS Symposium—which alternates between being hosted at the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) or the American Society of Animal Science annual meetings—was hosted at the ADSA 2026 Annual Meeting from June 21 to 24, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
Our full day of programming on Monday, June 22, 2026, was a huge success and covered emerging science around the transition period—the most critical stage of the dairy cow production cycle. Nutrition during this period remains an active frontier despite decades of research.
As a benefit of membership, and in partnership with ADSA, we are making the afternoon’s session available for all ARPAS members to watch or rewatch. The afternoon session, featuring three speakers sponsored by ARPAS donors, focused on dietary strategies to optimize transition cow performance.
Joint ARPAS at the Ruminant Nutrition Symposium: Nutritional Management of Transition Dairy Cows—Basic Physiology to Field Translation (afternoon session)
- Jose Santos, University of Florida, Practical dietary strategies for the prevention of postpartum hypocalcemia
- Jim Drackley, University of Illinois, Nutritional strategies to control the energy balance of transition cows
- Thomas Overton, Cornell University, Protein and amino acid nutrition for transition cows
- Barry Bradford, Michigan State University, Nutritional interventions to modulate the inflammatory status of transition cows
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Watch the symposium
Thank you to our 2026 ARPAS Symposium Sponsors!
Actus Nutrition
Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition
Phibro Animal Health Corporation
RP Nutrients/Evonik/Landus