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The Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association was established in 1880, registers 9,000 animals per year and serves about 1,800 combined adult and junior members.
Brown Swiss came to the U.S. from the mountains of Switzerland in 1869. Many historians consider it the oldest cattle breed in existence, with records dating back to 400 B.C.
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.
HARRISBURG — A laid-back Brown Swiss named Groovy beat 205 other cows on Friday to win the 106th Pennsylvania Farm Show Supreme Champion Dairy Cow award. The 1,400-pound cow owned by Hannah ...
She grew up on a farm near Thurmont, where she started showing Brown Swiss — an American breed of dairy cattle — with one of her sisters in her early teenage years with the 4-H program. She ...
The herd at SDSU consists of 50 Brown Swiss cattle and 260 Holstein cattle, including Red and White Holsteins. “We have two main goals for our Brown Swiss herd: genomics and showing,” Tews said.
Lifeline Farm in Victor raises Brown Swiss cattle crossed with Jersey. On a spring day, in the shadow of the snow covered Bitterroot Mountains, it's a scene that could be out of Switzerland.
In the 1940s, Sherry began buying Brown Swiss in the Midwest to go to buyers in New England and New York. This led to a 30-year-plus career in exporting thousands of cattle all over the world.
Brown Swiss, also known as Braunvieh - a German word meaning Brown Cattle. This breed comes in light brown to very dark brown; however, the breed is predominantly mousy brown.
DUMFRIESSHIRE Brown Swiss breeder, Jonny Lochhead, came home in style from the Brown Swiss World Congress in France, having sold the lead priced heifer at €10,400, creating a new UK and French breed ...