Susan Spadaro wasn’t expecting to get emotional about auctioning off 100 of her family’s Brown Swiss and 25 Ayrshire cows on Thursday. “We’ve just always had a passion and love for these animals and ...
CHESHIRE — Describing Tommy, the ox that lives at Winterpast Farm in Cheshire, is a task of mythic proportions. He looms over those who arrive at the farm, 1322 Windsor Road, for an audience with him; ...
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 ...
Scott Brundage knew what he wanted to be when he was just five years old. His father brought him into a barn and he saw his first pair of oxen. The huge beasts stole his heart. He pointed to his pair ...
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 ...
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 ...
BROOKINGS, S.D. — A Brown Swiss heifer from the SDSU dairy herd, Campanile Sax 536 NP, was the top seller at the recent 74th Annual Minnesota Brown Swiss Association Sale. The SDSU dairy research and ...
VICTOR, Mont. — In Montana, few outdoor scenes remind us more of spring than a crop of new calves. NBC Montana visited Lifeline Farm near Victor to see the latest additions to Ernie Harvey's cattle ...
VICTOR, Mont. — In Montana, few outdoor scenes remind us more of spring than a crop of new calves. NBC Montana visited Lifeline Farm near Victor to see the latest additions to Ernie Harvey's cattle ...