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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Medlang family has been in the purebred Brown Swiss heifer business for nearly three quarters of a century. That whole thing started when Charles Medlang's father, uncle and grandparents bought ...

WATERLOO — It makes sense show cattle would be fed a specific diet and be properly brushed and groomed before stepping into the ring to be judged. But hairspray? Turns out it’s necessary to get that ...

Brown Swiss dairy cows — with soft brown eyes and a smooth chocolatey-colored coat— are kinda cute for a cow. Young Shippensburg Community Fair exhibitors AnnMarie Deaven and Skyler Reichard are fond ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DES MOINES - For nearly six decades, Lee Barber brought prize Brown Swiss dairy cows to the Iowa State Fair. Not this year. The ...