MANITOWOC - The National Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association recently announced that Mitch Kappelman, of Manitowoc, was named the 2020 Young Breeder Award winner. A news release from the ...

CALMAR, Iowa — Tanner Mashek loves to show his Brown Swiss. He brought five heifers and three cows to show at the Iowa State Fair. In the Brown Swiss Youth Show, the six animals he showed placed first ...

WEST UNION, Iowa — There were 40 head of Brown Swiss sold at the March 14 Iowa Protein Showcase Sale at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union. The sale average was $2,066. Gabe Hanson, of La ...

BELOIT (WKOW) -- While Wisconsin remains renowned for its cows, it will not be hosting this year's World Brown Swiss Conference Due to COVID-19 the conference is being postponed. The Brown Swiss ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Dairy historians document the Brown Swiss as the oldest of all the dairy breeds. [Courtesy ...

At least according to her sisters, Cindy Long Warner’s name is synonymous with Brown Swiss cattle and the dairy industry. She grew up on a farm near Thurmont, where she started showing Brown Swiss — ...

Orbec Sherry, a lifelong Viroqua resident, was honored by the Brown Swiss Historical Society at the 2015 National Brown Swiss Convention. Sherry (1896-1988) received the Historical Master Breeders ...

Biggenden dairy farmer Robbie Radel said the premier breeder ribbon was awarded to the team who had gained the most points with the animals they bred themselves. "It's very satisfying to breed and ...

Switzerland raises about 1.5 million cattle in a country where only about one-third of the land is used for crop farming. That reality shaped how towns grew, how food moved, and how farmers earned ...

Dear Dr Othieno, Many thanks for your very informative articles. I am not only a dairy farmer but also a lover of livestock breeds. For a long time, I have been keeping Friesian crosses. Recently, on ...