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Impact of the Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference
Maurice L Eastridge 1 Department of Animal Sciences The Ohio State University
~ CELEBRATING 29 YEARS ~
The Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference , Fort Wayne , IN is a yearly conference for feed industry personnel , nutrition consultants , university personnel , veterinarians , and interested dairy producers . The conference began in 1992 as a spin-off from the 1991 Ohio Dairy Nutrition Conference . In September 1991 , a meeting to discuss planning a tri-state conference was held with faculty and Extension staff from Purdue , Michigan State , and The Ohio State Universities . The first Conference was held May 20 - 21 , 1992 on the Purdue campus in Fort Wayne , IN . A Planning Committee was formed after the 1992 Conference . Due to a continuous expansion of attendance , the conference moved in 1996 from the Purdue campus to the Grand Wayne Convention Center . Because of renovation of the Grand Wayne Center , the Conference was held for one year ( 2005 ) at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Ft . Wayne . An abstract about the success of the Conference was presented at ADSA in 1999 ( J . Dairy Sci . 82 ( Suppl . 1 ): 56 ) and was listed among successful dairy nutrition conferences in the special centennial issue of the Journal of Dairy Science published in 2006 ( J . Dairy Sci . 89:1121-1368 ). The success of the Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference continues to be demonstrated by attendance ( Figure 1 ) and citation or reprinting of proceedings manuscripts in the scientific , international , and popular press literature . The Proceedings are ordered by many people within and outside the U . S ., placed on reserve in the USDA National Agricultural Library , and indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information .
Presentations and proceedings papers are oriented to timely , in-depth , and practical dairy nutrition topics to meet on-farm nutritionists ’ needs and provide the results of recent research findings . A tradeshow and rotating industry-sponsored pre-conference have been a part of the annual Conference for many years . In 2016 , a hot topics breakfast was initiated , and a post-conference program was offered in 2016 , 2017 , and 2018 . A workshop program was begun in 2013 on Monday afternoon with the focus the first year on nutrition formulation computer programs and has been continued since ( 2014 – dairy records management software ; 2015 – TMR management software ; 2016 – animal monitoring technology ; 2017 – feed analysis ; 2018 – nutrition formulation software ; 2019 – feed sampling ). A conference web page was initially launched in 1997 , and a new web site was launched in 2018 ( http :// tristatedairy . org ). A new advancement for the Conference in 2019 was the availability of an app for attendees . The attendance by students at the Conference has continued to grow , and we presently provide an undergraduate presentation program ( original research or literature review ) and separate MS and PhD research presentation categories . We offer free registration and lodging to all students attending the Conference . In 2017 , a specialized undergraduate program was launched for Monday evening and Tuesday morning of the Conference . The Conference has been contributing annually $ 1,000 to the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge because of its value to students and the dairy industry . Continuing education credit is offered to veterinarians and members of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists ( ARPAS ). ARPAS exams also are administered at the Conference . Due to the global pandemic with COVID-19 , the Conference was cancelled in 2020 , and due to the ongoing pandemic with travel limitations and social distancing requirements , the 2021 Conference is being conducted only as a virtual Conference . This virtual Conference has been scaled down to include student presentations on Monday afternoon and the Conference with invited speakers held on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm .
The Planning Committee consists of five feed industry personnel , one nutrition consultant , one veterinarian , one Extension staff from one of the three host universities , and a faculty member from each of the three universities , with additional ad-hoc faculty members from the three universities to assist in organizing
1 Contact at : 2029 Fyffe Court , 221B Animal Science Building , Columbus , OH 43210-1095 , ( 614 ) 688-3059 , FAX : ( 614 ) 292-1515 , Email : eastridge . 1 @ osu . edu .
April 19-21 , 2021 Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference