Colorado/Wyoming/Nebraska ARPAS Chapter Officer Names and Positions:

• President: Kelley Neuhold, Alliance Liquid Feeds/Loomix
• President Elect: Scott Lake, University of Wyoming
• Treasurer: Bob Brown, Brown Ruminant Consulting
• Industry Representative: Cody Nichols, Huvepharma, Inc.
• University Representative: Jason Ahola, Colorado State University

The Tri-state ARPAS chapter changed the name of the Colorado Nutrition Roundtable to the High Plains Nutrition and Management Roundtable. It was decided by the officers and advisory committee to change the name in order to host the event in each of the states represented. The High Plains Nutrition Roundtable (HPNR) will rotate annually among the 3 states to increase participation and ARPAS membership. The 2016 meeting will be held in Colorado. To further increase ARPAS membership, the Chapter offered to pay for the exam during the HPNR meeting and also the first year of membership for those interested in joining.

Our annual Roundtable consists of presenters that submit proceedings papers, which are bound and available for attendees. Attendees can earn ARPAS CEU’s for attending the event. Each year the Tri-State ARPAS Chapter hosts a graduate student poster competition in conjunction with the Roundtable. The graduate students are required to submit an abstract prior to the meeting, and the posters are evaluated by academic faculty and industry representatives. During the evaluation, the poster presenter is questioned about the research and the poster is evaluated by the panel. Monetary prizes are presented to the top 3 poster winners. A monetary honorarium is also provided to all students that participate in the competition.

Theme for the 2015 HPNR: Pharmaceutical use in a changing regulatory, economic, and social environment

• Keynote speaker: Tony Bryant, JBS, Current issues and opportunities in feedlot nutrition
• Scott Lake and Brett Hess, University of Wyoming, Eastern Wyoming beef cattle research update
• Ashley Stokes, Colorado State University, Shipping stress and the value of preconditioning
• Mike Day, University of Wyoming, Department of Animal Science update
• Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska, Beta-agonists in feedlot diets 
• Noelle Noyes, Colorado State University, Antibiotic resistance in beef cattle–state of the research
• Henry Hilscher, University Nebraska, 2014 Poster Winner: Effect of aggressive implant protocols on calf-fed steers

For more detail: http://www.nutritionroundtable.org/