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ARPAS Spring 2023 Newsletter

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

Chapter Activities and Reports

Midwest Chapter
Northeast Chapter
Pacific Northwest Chapter

Monday, December 19, 2022

Chapter Activities and Reports

Midwest Chapter
Pacific Northwest Chapter
Washington DC Area Chapter

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Chapter Activities and Reports

Midwest Chapter
Pacific Northwest Chapter

Thursday, August 26, 2021

ARPAS Chapter Activities and Reports

California Chapter
Midwest Chapter
Northeast Chapter
Pacific Northwest Chapter
Washington DC Chapter

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Chapter Activities and Reports

California Chapter
Northeast Chapter
Pacific Northwest Chapter
Southeast Chapter
Washington DC Chapter

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Chapter Activities and Reports

California Chapter
Northeast Chapter
Pacific Northwest Chapter
Southeast Chapter
Southern Great Plains Chapter
Washington DC Chapter

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Chapter Activities and Reports

California Chapter
The California Chapter completed its annual CEC meeting on October 16-17, 2019. The topics included talks form Dr. Vandehaar on “Meeting the Energy Needs of Cows: How Much Milk Will a Ration Make?”, “Fatty Acid Inclusion and Utilization by Dairy Cattle” by Dr. Lou Armentano, and an update on the work the chapter has been involved in, with UC Davis and the California Almond Board on the use of almond hulls in lactating cattle diets. The trial work is complete and the associated papers are being prepared for publication. A copy of the agenda is attached.

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Chapter Activities and Reports

Pacific Northwest Chapter

Shelby Filley, PhD, PAS
ARPAS PNW Chapter President 2019–2020

(June 2019) – We currently have 64 members from the United States and Canada. Our activities this year included a well-attended annual meeting on January 15, 2019, in Boise, Idaho, in conjunction with the PNW Animal Nutrition Conference. We plan to continue meeting with them annually.

Washington DC Chapter

Bill Price, PhD, PAS
ARPAS DC Chapter President 2019–2020

(Sept. 2019) – We have planned monthly meetings for each month, alternating between Rockville, Maryland, and Beltsville, Maryland, for our meetings. The WDC Area Chapter finished its meetings for the year on a high note with its Mini-Symposium titled “Myths and Realities of Modern Animal Production” on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. We are planning the next symposium on a current topic for April 2020.

California Chapter

Jed Asmus, MS, PAS
ARPAS California Chapter Representative

(July 2019) – The California Chapter currently consists of 80+ members and is focused on expanding its support of production agriculture within California and the industry. Current projects supported by the chapter include the following:

Monday, April 29, 2019

Chapter Reports and Activities

Southern Chapter

Daniel Rivera

Brandi Karisch will be assuming the role of president of the Southern Chapter.

The symposium took the place of the annual meeting this year at the Southern ASAS meetings in Oklahoma City. The symposium examined the consequences of poor management on calf health and performance at the ranch, and calf health and performance after weaning, as well as the economic effect at each level.

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

ARPAS California Chapter Update

Jim Tully

On May 2nd we held our annual Spring Meeting on the first morning of the California Animal Nutrition Conference.  Funds are available for increasing scholarships above the 3 graduate and 3 to 5 undergraduate scholarships ($2,000 and $1,000 each respectively).  CA ARPAS are heavily involved in a Research project looking at the feeding value of almond hulls, including further work looking at contamination levels.  These are a very important feed for the California dairy industry.
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